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NEW DELHI: Amid COVID19 outbreak, another major problem which has reared its head is of unidentified bodies that are making cops, involved in such duties, more vulnerable. According to senior officers, police personnel have been directed to take neces- sary measures while handling corpses.According to a police offi-cer, three unidentified bodies were found on Wednesday in North Delhi which were sent to the mortuary. Another officer mentioned:"We don't know whether the unidentified body, which weare dealing with, was affected by COVID-19 or not. If we willnot do it, then who will," the officer said, adding that they take all possible steps to idetify bodies. In 2018, the Delhi Police recovered 416 bodies whereas last year (till August 15) as many as 271 bodies were found..