PMC:7148714 / 31211-35029
Annnotations
LitCovid-PubTator
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These questions are also applicable in the assessment of the response in place by detention centres in case of sudden increase of number of deaths in custody related to the pandemic:• Does a MFRP or Annex related to death management exist to guide a multiagency response to an increase in deaths from COVID-19?\n• Do you have the support of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers, directly through the Office of the President’s Disaster Management Department to activate the existing contingency mass fatality plan -as part of a National Disaster Management Plan or develop an emergency option?\n• What agencies have a mandate to respond to multiple deaths in a large scale or protracted event and who would be the primary lead agency to work towards a coordinated approach to delivering a plan and implementing it?\n• What is the current capacities and capabilities of all agencies involved in the management of deaths?\n• What percentage of increased case load would overwhelm agencies at their current capacity and trigger the activation of the plan?\n• Are the current personnel adequately trained in safety precautions and equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment to handle a surge in infectious disease cases? Are they insured against injury and death?\n• Have arrangements been made with non-government groups and the corporate sector to secure additional support as well as to procure additional equipment?\n• Does the plan insist on dignified and professional management of deceased persons and respect in terms of engagement and complying with the wishes of the families and communities affected?\n• Do the law enforcement community and medicolegal practitioners have the additional resources to ensure that all sudden and unexpected deaths are thoroughly investigated even during an infection outbreak?\n• Does the plan provide guidance towards compliance with protection of personal information legislation and regulations?\n• Will the families and communities (and media) be able to rely on regular, reliable and transparent communication from competent source that represents all response agencies and groups? Where will they go to receive updates and status reports on the response?\n• Who will recover deceased persons from their homes and what training and equipment will they receive to protect themselves and the bereaved families in an infectious disease outbreak?\n• What additional refrigerated storage space is available for a surge in deceased persons?\n• What labelling, and body tracking methods are conducted to effectively manage large numbers of bodies accumulating in mortuaries?\n• Is there a standardized file management (including standardized forms) process to ensure all facilities and agencies involved work coherently and collaboratively in one system that allows for centralization of all data related to the management of the death?\n• How will caseload information be centralized to assist with further planning and targeted deployment of additional resources and equipment?\n• Are there sufficient cemetery spaces and/or crematorium operations to receive and respond sin a timely manner to the increase in deaths?\n• What is the short- and long-term approach to managing unclaimed and unidentified bodies?\n• What administrative processes and additional support will ensure that families receive medical certificates of death, burial permits, autopsy reports and other important documentation to resolve financial affairs, estates, etc.?\n• Who will pay for the additional personnel, facilities and the activities themselves during a protracted mass fatality event?"}
LitCovid-PD-FMA-UBERON
{"project":"LitCovid-PD-FMA-UBERON","denotations":[{"id":"T52","span":{"begin":2718,"end":2722},"obj":"Body_part"}],"attributes":[{"id":"A52","pred":"fma_id","subj":"T52","obj":"http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma256135"}],"text":"We list hereafter essential practical questions that will help in the rapid assessment of the existing health and medico legal systems to respond to increased deaths. These questions are also applicable in the assessment of the response in place by detention centres in case of sudden increase of number of deaths in custody related to the pandemic:• Does a MFRP or Annex related to death management exist to guide a multiagency response to an increase in deaths from COVID-19?\n• Do you have the support of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers, directly through the Office of the President’s Disaster Management Department to activate the existing contingency mass fatality plan -as part of a National Disaster Management Plan or develop an emergency option?\n• What agencies have a mandate to respond to multiple deaths in a large scale or protracted event and who would be the primary lead agency to work towards a coordinated approach to delivering a plan and implementing it?\n• What is the current capacities and capabilities of all agencies involved in the management of deaths?\n• What percentage of increased case load would overwhelm agencies at their current capacity and trigger the activation of the plan?\n• Are the current personnel adequately trained in safety precautions and equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment to handle a surge in infectious disease cases? Are they insured against injury and death?\n• Have arrangements been made with non-government groups and the corporate sector to secure additional support as well as to procure additional equipment?\n• Does the plan insist on dignified and professional management of deceased persons and respect in terms of engagement and complying with the wishes of the families and communities affected?\n• Do the law enforcement community and medicolegal practitioners have the additional resources to ensure that all sudden and unexpected deaths are thoroughly investigated even during an infection outbreak?\n• Does the plan provide guidance towards compliance with protection of personal information legislation and regulations?\n• Will the families and communities (and media) be able to rely on regular, reliable and transparent communication from competent source that represents all response agencies and groups? Where will they go to receive updates and status reports on the response?\n• Who will recover deceased persons from their homes and what training and equipment will they receive to protect themselves and the bereaved families in an infectious disease outbreak?\n• What additional refrigerated storage space is available for a surge in deceased persons?\n• What labelling, and body tracking methods are conducted to effectively manage large numbers of bodies accumulating in mortuaries?\n• Is there a standardized file management (including standardized forms) process to ensure all facilities and agencies involved work coherently and collaboratively in one system that allows for centralization of all data related to the management of the death?\n• How will caseload information be centralized to assist with further planning and targeted deployment of additional resources and equipment?\n• Are there sufficient cemetery spaces and/or crematorium operations to receive and respond sin a timely manner to the increase in deaths?\n• What is the short- and long-term approach to managing unclaimed and unidentified bodies?\n• What administrative processes and additional support will ensure that families receive medical certificates of death, burial permits, autopsy reports and other important documentation to resolve financial affairs, estates, etc.?\n• Who will pay for the additional personnel, facilities and the activities themselves during a protracted mass fatality event?"}
LitCovid-PD-UBERON
{"project":"LitCovid-PD-UBERON","denotations":[{"id":"T25","span":{"begin":882,"end":887},"obj":"Body_part"}],"attributes":[{"id":"A25","pred":"uberon_id","subj":"T25","obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002542"}],"text":"We list hereafter essential practical questions that will help in the rapid assessment of the existing health and medico legal systems to respond to increased deaths. These questions are also applicable in the assessment of the response in place by detention centres in case of sudden increase of number of deaths in custody related to the pandemic:• Does a MFRP or Annex related to death management exist to guide a multiagency response to an increase in deaths from COVID-19?\n• Do you have the support of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers, directly through the Office of the President’s Disaster Management Department to activate the existing contingency mass fatality plan -as part of a National Disaster Management Plan or develop an emergency option?\n• What agencies have a mandate to respond to multiple deaths in a large scale or protracted event and who would be the primary lead agency to work towards a coordinated approach to delivering a plan and implementing it?\n• What is the current capacities and capabilities of all agencies involved in the management of deaths?\n• What percentage of increased case load would overwhelm agencies at their current capacity and trigger the activation of the plan?\n• Are the current personnel adequately trained in safety precautions and equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment to handle a surge in infectious disease cases? Are they insured against injury and death?\n• Have arrangements been made with non-government groups and the corporate sector to secure additional support as well as to procure additional equipment?\n• Does the plan insist on dignified and professional management of deceased persons and respect in terms of engagement and complying with the wishes of the families and communities affected?\n• Do the law enforcement community and medicolegal practitioners have the additional resources to ensure that all sudden and unexpected deaths are thoroughly investigated even during an infection outbreak?\n• Does the plan provide guidance towards compliance with protection of personal information legislation and regulations?\n• Will the families and communities (and media) be able to rely on regular, reliable and transparent communication from competent source that represents all response agencies and groups? Where will they go to receive updates and status reports on the response?\n• Who will recover deceased persons from their homes and what training and equipment will they receive to protect themselves and the bereaved families in an infectious disease outbreak?\n• What additional refrigerated storage space is available for a surge in deceased persons?\n• What labelling, and body tracking methods are conducted to effectively manage large numbers of bodies accumulating in mortuaries?\n• Is there a standardized file management (including standardized forms) process to ensure all facilities and agencies involved work coherently and collaboratively in one system that allows for centralization of all data related to the management of the death?\n• How will caseload information be centralized to assist with further planning and targeted deployment of additional resources and equipment?\n• Are there sufficient cemetery spaces and/or crematorium operations to receive and respond sin a timely manner to the increase in deaths?\n• What is the short- and long-term approach to managing unclaimed and unidentified bodies?\n• What administrative processes and additional support will ensure that families receive medical certificates of death, burial permits, autopsy reports and other important documentation to resolve financial affairs, estates, etc.?\n• Who will pay for the additional personnel, facilities and the activities themselves during a protracted mass fatality event?"}
LitCovid-PD-MONDO
{"project":"LitCovid-PD-MONDO","denotations":[{"id":"T80","span":{"begin":468,"end":476},"obj":"Disease"},{"id":"T81","span":{"begin":1416,"end":1434},"obj":"Disease"},{"id":"T82","span":{"begin":1467,"end":1473},"obj":"Disease"},{"id":"T83","span":{"begin":2017,"end":2026},"obj":"Disease"},{"id":"T84","span":{"begin":2576,"end":2594},"obj":"Disease"}],"attributes":[{"id":"A80","pred":"mondo_id","subj":"T80","obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0100096"},{"id":"A81","pred":"mondo_id","subj":"T81","obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0005550"},{"id":"A82","pred":"mondo_id","subj":"T82","obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0021178"},{"id":"A83","pred":"mondo_id","subj":"T83","obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0005550"},{"id":"A84","pred":"mondo_id","subj":"T84","obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0005550"}],"text":"We list hereafter essential practical questions that will help in the rapid assessment of the existing health and medico legal systems to respond to increased deaths. These questions are also applicable in the assessment of the response in place by detention centres in case of sudden increase of number of deaths in custody related to the pandemic:• Does a MFRP or Annex related to death management exist to guide a multiagency response to an increase in deaths from COVID-19?\n• Do you have the support of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers, directly through the Office of the President’s Disaster Management Department to activate the existing contingency mass fatality plan -as part of a National Disaster Management Plan or develop an emergency option?\n• What agencies have a mandate to respond to multiple deaths in a large scale or protracted event and who would be the primary lead agency to work towards a coordinated approach to delivering a plan and implementing it?\n• What is the current capacities and capabilities of all agencies involved in the management of deaths?\n• What percentage of increased case load would overwhelm agencies at their current capacity and trigger the activation of the plan?\n• Are the current personnel adequately trained in safety precautions and equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment to handle a surge in infectious disease cases? Are they insured against injury and death?\n• Have arrangements been made with non-government groups and the corporate sector to secure additional support as well as to procure additional equipment?\n• Does the plan insist on dignified and professional management of deceased persons and respect in terms of engagement and complying with the wishes of the families and communities affected?\n• Do the law enforcement community and medicolegal practitioners have the additional resources to ensure that all sudden and unexpected deaths are thoroughly investigated even during an infection outbreak?\n• Does the plan provide guidance towards compliance with protection of personal information legislation and regulations?\n• Will the families and communities (and media) be able to rely on regular, reliable and transparent communication from competent source that represents all response agencies and groups? Where will they go to receive updates and status reports on the response?\n• Who will recover deceased persons from their homes and what training and equipment will they receive to protect themselves and the bereaved families in an infectious disease outbreak?\n• What additional refrigerated storage space is available for a surge in deceased persons?\n• What labelling, and body tracking methods are conducted to effectively manage large numbers of bodies accumulating in mortuaries?\n• Is there a standardized file management (including standardized forms) process to ensure all facilities and agencies involved work coherently and collaboratively in one system that allows for centralization of all data related to the management of the death?\n• How will caseload information be centralized to assist with further planning and targeted deployment of additional resources and equipment?\n• Are there sufficient cemetery spaces and/or crematorium operations to receive and respond sin a timely manner to the increase in deaths?\n• What is the short- and long-term approach to managing unclaimed and unidentified bodies?\n• What administrative processes and additional support will ensure that families receive medical certificates of death, burial permits, autopsy reports and other important documentation to resolve financial affairs, estates, etc.?\n• Who will pay for the additional personnel, facilities and the activities themselves during a protracted mass fatality event?"}
LitCovid-PD-CLO
{"project":"LitCovid-PD-CLO","denotations":[{"id":"T162","span":{"begin":356,"end":357},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T163","span":{"begin":415,"end":416},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T164","span":{"begin":677,"end":685},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001658"},{"id":"T165","span":{"begin":742,"end":743},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T166","span":{"begin":831,"end":832},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T167","span":{"begin":874,"end":875},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T168","span":{"begin":965,"end":966},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T169","span":{"begin":1002,"end":1003},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T170","span":{"begin":1242,"end":1252},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001658"},{"id":"T171","span":{"begin":1405,"end":1406},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T172","span":{"begin":1782,"end":1788},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0009609"},{"id":"T173","span":{"begin":2667,"end":2668},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T174","span":{"begin":2703,"end":2712},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0007225"},{"id":"T175","span":{"begin":2839,"end":2840},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T176","span":{"begin":3327,"end":3328},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"},{"id":"T177","span":{"begin":3756,"end":3766},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001658"},{"id":"T178","span":{"begin":3785,"end":3786},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLO_0001020"}],"text":"We list hereafter essential practical questions that will help in the rapid assessment of the existing health and medico legal systems to respond to increased deaths. These questions are also applicable in the assessment of the response in place by detention centres in case of sudden increase of number of deaths in custody related to the pandemic:• Does a MFRP or Annex related to death management exist to guide a multiagency response to an increase in deaths from COVID-19?\n• Do you have the support of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers, directly through the Office of the President’s Disaster Management Department to activate the existing contingency mass fatality plan -as part of a National Disaster Management Plan or develop an emergency option?\n• What agencies have a mandate to respond to multiple deaths in a large scale or protracted event and who would be the primary lead agency to work towards a coordinated approach to delivering a plan and implementing it?\n• What is the current capacities and capabilities of all agencies involved in the management of deaths?\n• What percentage of increased case load would overwhelm agencies at their current capacity and trigger the activation of the plan?\n• Are the current personnel adequately trained in safety precautions and equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment to handle a surge in infectious disease cases? Are they insured against injury and death?\n• Have arrangements been made with non-government groups and the corporate sector to secure additional support as well as to procure additional equipment?\n• Does the plan insist on dignified and professional management of deceased persons and respect in terms of engagement and complying with the wishes of the families and communities affected?\n• Do the law enforcement community and medicolegal practitioners have the additional resources to ensure that all sudden and unexpected deaths are thoroughly investigated even during an infection outbreak?\n• Does the plan provide guidance towards compliance with protection of personal information legislation and regulations?\n• Will the families and communities (and media) be able to rely on regular, reliable and transparent communication from competent source that represents all response agencies and groups? Where will they go to receive updates and status reports on the response?\n• Who will recover deceased persons from their homes and what training and equipment will they receive to protect themselves and the bereaved families in an infectious disease outbreak?\n• What additional refrigerated storage space is available for a surge in deceased persons?\n• What labelling, and body tracking methods are conducted to effectively manage large numbers of bodies accumulating in mortuaries?\n• Is there a standardized file management (including standardized forms) process to ensure all facilities and agencies involved work coherently and collaboratively in one system that allows for centralization of all data related to the management of the death?\n• How will caseload information be centralized to assist with further planning and targeted deployment of additional resources and equipment?\n• Are there sufficient cemetery spaces and/or crematorium operations to receive and respond sin a timely manner to the increase in deaths?\n• What is the short- and long-term approach to managing unclaimed and unidentified bodies?\n• What administrative processes and additional support will ensure that families receive medical certificates of death, burial permits, autopsy reports and other important documentation to resolve financial affairs, estates, etc.?\n• Who will pay for the additional personnel, facilities and the activities themselves during a protracted mass fatality event?"}
LitCovid-PD-GO-BP
{"project":"LitCovid-PD-GO-BP","denotations":[{"id":"T12","span":{"begin":2145,"end":2156},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0065007"},{"id":"T13","span":{"begin":2636,"end":2643},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0051235"}],"text":"We list hereafter essential practical questions that will help in the rapid assessment of the existing health and medico legal systems to respond to increased deaths. These questions are also applicable in the assessment of the response in place by detention centres in case of sudden increase of number of deaths in custody related to the pandemic:• Does a MFRP or Annex related to death management exist to guide a multiagency response to an increase in deaths from COVID-19?\n• Do you have the support of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers, directly through the Office of the President’s Disaster Management Department to activate the existing contingency mass fatality plan -as part of a National Disaster Management Plan or develop an emergency option?\n• What agencies have a mandate to respond to multiple deaths in a large scale or protracted event and who would be the primary lead agency to work towards a coordinated approach to delivering a plan and implementing it?\n• What is the current capacities and capabilities of all agencies involved in the management of deaths?\n• What percentage of increased case load would overwhelm agencies at their current capacity and trigger the activation of the plan?\n• Are the current personnel adequately trained in safety precautions and equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment to handle a surge in infectious disease cases? Are they insured against injury and death?\n• Have arrangements been made with non-government groups and the corporate sector to secure additional support as well as to procure additional equipment?\n• Does the plan insist on dignified and professional management of deceased persons and respect in terms of engagement and complying with the wishes of the families and communities affected?\n• Do the law enforcement community and medicolegal practitioners have the additional resources to ensure that all sudden and unexpected deaths are thoroughly investigated even during an infection outbreak?\n• Does the plan provide guidance towards compliance with protection of personal information legislation and regulations?\n• Will the families and communities (and media) be able to rely on regular, reliable and transparent communication from competent source that represents all response agencies and groups? Where will they go to receive updates and status reports on the response?\n• Who will recover deceased persons from their homes and what training and equipment will they receive to protect themselves and the bereaved families in an infectious disease outbreak?\n• What additional refrigerated storage space is available for a surge in deceased persons?\n• What labelling, and body tracking methods are conducted to effectively manage large numbers of bodies accumulating in mortuaries?\n• Is there a standardized file management (including standardized forms) process to ensure all facilities and agencies involved work coherently and collaboratively in one system that allows for centralization of all data related to the management of the death?\n• How will caseload information be centralized to assist with further planning and targeted deployment of additional resources and equipment?\n• Are there sufficient cemetery spaces and/or crematorium operations to receive and respond sin a timely manner to the increase in deaths?\n• What is the short- and long-term approach to managing unclaimed and unidentified bodies?\n• What administrative processes and additional support will ensure that families receive medical certificates of death, burial permits, autopsy reports and other important documentation to resolve financial affairs, estates, etc.?\n• Who will pay for the additional personnel, facilities and the activities themselves during a protracted mass fatality event?"}
LitCovid-sentences
{"project":"LitCovid-sentences","denotations":[{"id":"T190","span":{"begin":0,"end":166},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T191","span":{"begin":167,"end":477},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T192","span":{"begin":478,"end":809},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T193","span":{"begin":810,"end":1029},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T194","span":{"begin":1030,"end":1133},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T195","span":{"begin":1134,"end":1265},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T196","span":{"begin":1266,"end":1441},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T197","span":{"begin":1442,"end":1484},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T198","span":{"begin":1485,"end":1639},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T199","span":{"begin":1640,"end":1830},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T200","span":{"begin":1831,"end":2036},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T201","span":{"begin":2037,"end":2157},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T202","span":{"begin":2158,"end":2344},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T203","span":{"begin":2345,"end":2418},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T204","span":{"begin":2419,"end":2604},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T205","span":{"begin":2605,"end":2695},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T206","span":{"begin":2696,"end":2827},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T207","span":{"begin":2828,"end":3088},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T208","span":{"begin":3089,"end":3230},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T209","span":{"begin":3231,"end":3369},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T210","span":{"begin":3370,"end":3460},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T211","span":{"begin":3461,"end":3691},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T212","span":{"begin":3692,"end":3818},"obj":"Sentence"}],"namespaces":[{"prefix":"_base","uri":"http://pubannotation.org/ontology/tao.owl#"}],"text":"We list hereafter essential practical questions that will help in the rapid assessment of the existing health and medico legal systems to respond to increased deaths. These questions are also applicable in the assessment of the response in place by detention centres in case of sudden increase of number of deaths in custody related to the pandemic:• Does a MFRP or Annex related to death management exist to guide a multiagency response to an increase in deaths from COVID-19?\n• Do you have the support of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers, directly through the Office of the President’s Disaster Management Department to activate the existing contingency mass fatality plan -as part of a National Disaster Management Plan or develop an emergency option?\n• What agencies have a mandate to respond to multiple deaths in a large scale or protracted event and who would be the primary lead agency to work towards a coordinated approach to delivering a plan and implementing it?\n• What is the current capacities and capabilities of all agencies involved in the management of deaths?\n• What percentage of increased case load would overwhelm agencies at their current capacity and trigger the activation of the plan?\n• Are the current personnel adequately trained in safety precautions and equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment to handle a surge in infectious disease cases? Are they insured against injury and death?\n• Have arrangements been made with non-government groups and the corporate sector to secure additional support as well as to procure additional equipment?\n• Does the plan insist on dignified and professional management of deceased persons and respect in terms of engagement and complying with the wishes of the families and communities affected?\n• Do the law enforcement community and medicolegal practitioners have the additional resources to ensure that all sudden and unexpected deaths are thoroughly investigated even during an infection outbreak?\n• Does the plan provide guidance towards compliance with protection of personal information legislation and regulations?\n• Will the families and communities (and media) be able to rely on regular, reliable and transparent communication from competent source that represents all response agencies and groups? Where will they go to receive updates and status reports on the response?\n• Who will recover deceased persons from their homes and what training and equipment will they receive to protect themselves and the bereaved families in an infectious disease outbreak?\n• What additional refrigerated storage space is available for a surge in deceased persons?\n• What labelling, and body tracking methods are conducted to effectively manage large numbers of bodies accumulating in mortuaries?\n• Is there a standardized file management (including standardized forms) process to ensure all facilities and agencies involved work coherently and collaboratively in one system that allows for centralization of all data related to the management of the death?\n• How will caseload information be centralized to assist with further planning and targeted deployment of additional resources and equipment?\n• Are there sufficient cemetery spaces and/or crematorium operations to receive and respond sin a timely manner to the increase in deaths?\n• What is the short- and long-term approach to managing unclaimed and unidentified bodies?\n• What administrative processes and additional support will ensure that families receive medical certificates of death, burial permits, autopsy reports and other important documentation to resolve financial affairs, estates, etc.?\n• Who will pay for the additional personnel, facilities and the activities themselves during a protracted mass fatality event?"}