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

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

Published: April 07, 2020 12:59 Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor and inputs from AFP

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Copy of 783435-01-08-1586250151573 — 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. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 757000-01-09-1586250184068 — Due to a surge in deaths caused by the Coronavirus, hospitals are using refrigerator trucks as makeshift morgues in New York City. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 732683-01-08-1586250180746 — The trucks are storing bodies that are accumulating too quickly for funeral directors to pick them up directly from hospitals. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 760906-01-09-1586250171538 — Medical workers wearing personal protective gear remove a body from a refrigerator truck outside of the Brooklyn Hospital. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 760800-01-09-1586250187350 — Medical workers remove a body from a refrigerated truck outside of the Brooklyn Hospital. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 786767-01-08-1586250154871 — Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 780379-01-08-1586250162399 — A body is moved to a refrigerator truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 786772-01-08-1586250157198 — Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 780372-01-08-1586250146476 — A body is moved to a refrigerator truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 776350-01-09-1586250174706 — A medical worker approaches a refrigerator truck being used as a morgue outside of Brooklyn Hospital Center amid the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 776342-01-09-1586250177996 — A medical worker approaches a refrigerator truck being used as a morgue outside of Brooklyn Hospital Center amid the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 783398-01-08-1586250149121 — A hearse arrives to transport a body from a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 780407-01-08-1586250164883 — A vehicle moves a body from a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 786783-01-08-1586250159756 — Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-04-05T015858Z_435112058_RC21YF9I6LZZ_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA-NEW-YORK-1586250168000 — 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. Image Credit: REUTERS

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