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Ministry releases guidelines on how to document a Covid-19 death

The Ministry of Health has released guidelines on how to record the cause of death for patients with Covid-19.

The guidelines, issued to healthcare workers, indicate that a Covid-19 death should only be categorised as such when the patient dies due to symptoms directly related to the disease.

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