Refrigerated trailers set to be used as makeshift morgues hum outside two hospitals as New York City deals with the surging death count in the US' epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. The last time the city took such drastic measures was after 9/11.
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.At least 281 people have died from Covid-19 across the city, Mayor Bill De Blasio said Thursday.
have enacted emergency contingency plans to help prepare for every possible outcome."The trucks are part of a city plan to prepare for the potential surge of bodies from the coronavirus pandemic, Worthy-Davis said.The trailers outside the two hospitals are property of the city Office of Emergency Management. The medical examiner has another 45 large trucks at its disposal. No
trailers have been deployed. Those trailers were purchased recently in response to a disaster plan that called for a"significant stocking up," Davis said."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. The city has a capacity of 900 bodies in morgues in all five boroughs, along with expanded capacity at certain other locations.
workers are taking precautions in handling bodies, sanitizing the outside of the body bags and the surfaces that the bodies touched, Davis said.The Federal Emergency Management Agency has said it received a request from New York and other states for assistance with mortuary operations. Hawaii and North Carolina have made similar requests.The agency is reviewing the requests, according to FEMA.
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