Facts Tell: Why wasn't the first COVID-19 cadaver dissected until Feb. 16?

Two cadavers of patients who died from the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) were dissected on February 16 at Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in China, which are the first dissections made to study this disease. Understanding COVID-19 through dissections could significantly help clinical treatments.

Liu Liang, forensic specialist at the Tongji Medical College in Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and his team submitted an urgent report to relevant departments as early as January 22, which called for the dissections of cadavers with COVID-19.

Why weren't  the dissections of the cadavers conducted until February 16?

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