As morgues overflow, New York struggles with COVID-19 dead

Dead bodies of coronavirus victims are stored in refrigerated trucks set up as morgues

Last updated: April 07, 2020 | 12:59

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Refrigerator trucks parked outside hospital doors, overwhelmed undertakers, and talk about temporary burials in parks: America's coronavirus epicenter of New York is grappling with how to deal with the dead.

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Due to a surge in deaths caused by the Coronavirus, hospitals are using refrigerator trucks as makeshift morgues in New York City.

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The trucks are storing bodies that are accumulating too quickly for funeral directors to pick them up directly from hospitals.

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Medical workers wearing personal protective gear remove a body from a refrigerator truck outside of the Brooklyn Hospital.

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Medical workers remove a body from a refrigerated truck outside of the Brooklyn Hospital.

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Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York.

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A body is moved to a refrigerator truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn.

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Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital.

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A body is moved to a refrigerator truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital.

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A medical worker approaches a refrigerator truck being used as a morgue outside of Brooklyn Hospital Center amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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A medical worker approaches a refrigerator truck being used as a morgue outside of Brooklyn Hospital Center amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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A hearse arrives to transport a body from a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital.

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A vehicle moves a body from a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital.

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Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn.

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Two refrigerated trucks are seen outside the Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City.

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