ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office says it will be conducting additional testing protocols for some death investigations, as it sees a rise in respiratory illnesses.<\/p>\n
The coroner\u2019s office says it will collect a post-mortem nasal swab when the investigation indicates the person who died had symptoms of a respiratory illness, or when family members provide such information.<\/p>\n
The swab will be collected when a death occurs in a home, the coroner\u2019s office says.<\/p>\n
The specimen will undergo a comprehensive respiratory panel, including testing for influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to the coroner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
The coroner\u2019s office says the enhanced testing measure supports public health surveillance efforts and helps provide families and healthcare partners with a more complete understanding of contributing medical factors.<\/p>\n
The procedures do not delay funeral arrangements and are conducted with the utmost professionalism and respect for the deceased and their families, the coroner\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Lehigh County Coroner’s Office remains committed to protecting public health while ensuring compassionate service to the community during times of loss,\u201d the coroner\u2019s office said in a news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office says it will be conducting additional testing protocols for some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,1024],"class_list":{"0":"post-86947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news","11":"tag-lehigh-county-coroner"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}