Refrigerated trailers to be used as makeshift morgues hummed outside two hospitals on as New York City deals with the surging death count in the epicenter of the nation's coronavirus pandemic.

The last time New York took such drastic measures was after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when the city medical examiner's office was tasked with identifying tens of thousands of body parts from the 2,753 people killed in the World Trade Center collapse.

The makeshift morgues signal the historic challenge posed by the national health crisis.

New York state, where 385 people have died from the virus, has more than 37,000 of the nation's more than 80,000 coronavirus cases.

"We have a pretty large capacity compared to hospitals," said Davis, adding that the trucks plus the mobile tents increase the morgue capacity to 3,500 to 3,600 bodies.

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Multiple refrigeration trucks were lined up at the makeshift morgue site along 30th Street and the FDR Drive parkway near Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/26/us/makeshift-morgues-coronavirus-new-york/index.html

Crew members erected huge white tents on Wednesday as part of the makeshift facility.


Armed military personnel, NYPD and NYC Medical Examiner's Office employees were spotted inspecting the facility.

Workers moved around medical supplies and construction equipment in preparation for a potential surge in coronavirus victims.


Military personnel and members of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner wore masks as the morgue facilities were built outside the hospital.


Medical Examiner trucks were spotted outside the hospital on Wednesday as the makeshift morgue facilities were constructed.

God help us

Jacqueline22:
God help them

We need the help more.


Good morning

Shit has gotten Real.

Davash222:

We need the help more.


Good morning

Good morning may God help us too
The shit is really scary

And someone is behind this shit, as in this is prepared with someone's brain inside the laboratory for the purpose known to them alone.

God help the human race.

God help Nigeria, protect Nigerians and heal our land. Ameen

Explorer I hail oh

Shit just hit the fan. Let me join conspiracy theorist, THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END.

Why refrigerate the bodies and not cremate or bury them asap?

It is well

And some people still believe this shit is a hoax in Nigeria. According ti report,only 200+ people have been tested so far in Nigeria with 81 confirmed cases. Just see the percentage that tested positive. Believe me,this shit has hit us so bad, we just don't know it yet.

So United States of America can be these humble? Imagine USA are begging doctors to apply for visa. Choronavirus bae.

This is serious.

Very serious...I feel humbled... This is a war atomic bombs can't fight... A war your millitary becomes useless...

Oga ooo

My God, Nigerians this time is for obedience. Stay at home ejor.

Nawa ooo, why not cremate dem and bury the ashes asap nah? Refrigerating is equivalent to preserving an infected body and the virus nah.


Make this people dey use there head nah

Where are our annointed men of God?

njideoby:
Why refrigerate the bodies and not cremate or bury them asap?

They arw not refregirating them. Moturary no get space again. They need to be disposed there first.

God help us

Those who rained bombs on innocent people yesterday are being visited by the angel of destruction today

They will still use it to carry sausage and chicken later. The west spends trillions on defence and lesser on health. Duh

e don loud for that side...

This is war. For the US of A to lose such amount of ppl to death. Only 9/11 was this close.

A humbling experience for man! May God have mercy on all humanity. our own situation may likely be more serious in the coming days since the elites are busy using the testing kits on themselves and their families. This too shall pass IJN

If the fg would have stopped international flights earlier it wouldn't have gotten this far

If luck exists.

Thats what will save Nigerians.

If it don't.

Its over.

Finito..

dvkot:
If the fg would have stopped international flights earlier it wouldn't have gotten this far

The cabal bleeped up.

Now this is getting more bigger than I thought, if USA can be hit this hard only God knows what our fate will be! I just hope things get better all around the whole

This is serious
Oh creator of this universe

Oh creator, most Nigerians are really sorry. Our forefathers taught us this way. We no dey hear word for here. Stay one place we no go sit.
Close border, our leaders no gree

Na one beer parlour me sef dey now, infact one guy is saying
"coronavirus no dey Nigeria"
"One is saying corona no fit catch am" like he's immune to it

Eenh, you sef hear am creator...
Na our way!
We juz dey do anyhow for here, but the whole world is in this together.

Make i ask Boss, se no be say you wan do us like soddom&gommorah so?

You just need to help us here, we dey hear how other countries wey no even get reach wetin Naija get sef dey do na!

Boss abeg, you see if we go about the way religious books take talk am, nobody go enter heaven, not even those preaching it sef (holier than thou)
You See am so?
We dey eveb think say na Naija be the hell you promised, but what of Somalia and Afghanistan? We are humble sir!

You too create universe in a way we never even explore 0.02%. Abeg no kill us now, you'll need us there. Especially we wey be Nigerians.
Just help us carry this coroguy commot, the guy too dey vex. Send us some kiss, with bliss please and we promise never to diss you again.