Claim: Russia was the first country in the world to dissect Covid-19 corpses
Fact-check: Claims about Russia, Covid-19 and 5G are almost all false - Full Fact
Verdict: this is false. scientists in wuhan, china performed post-mortems as early as 16 february 2020, while the first covid-19 death in russia wasn't announced until march 2020.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2021-05-18T00:00:00