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04-10-2020, 12:17 PM #1
New York ramping up burials as officials grapple with coronavirus death toll
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Aerial images show New York ramping up burials as officials grapple with coronavirus death toll
By Greg Norman | Fox News
New York City officials trying to process a rising coronavirus death toll have been forced to ramp up burial operations at its public cemetery from one day a week to five.
Aerial images captured on Thursday showed 40 caskets lined up for burial at Hart Island — the same day New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reported 799 new deaths across the state. Normally, about 25 bodies a week are interred there, mostly for people whose families can't afford a funeral, or who go unclaimed by relatives.
Workers wearing personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in New York City's Bronx borough on Thursday. (AP)
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The city’s medical examiner’s office also announced Thursday that it will keep bodies in storage for 14 days before they are sent to Hart Island.
It is not immediately clear how many of the bodies being buried at Hart Island are coronavirus victims — but the images show two fresh trenches that have been dug and contractors wearing protective suits. Other images show caskets piled on top of each other.
New York City’s medical examiner says the city will hold onto remains for 14 days before they will be transferred to Hart Island. (AP)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said earlier this week that officials were looking into temporarily burying coronavirus victims on Hart Island if morgues and temporary storage units fill up.
NEW YORK BRINGING IN 'ADDITIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS' TO DEAL WITH CORONAVIRUS VICTIMS, CUOMO SAYS
The Democratic mayor told TV station NY1 that under such a contingency plan, bodies of COVID-19 victims would be buried individually — not in mass graves — so families could later reclaim them.
Hospitals, funeral homes and cemeteries have been struggling to deal with a surge in bodies during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP)
But a spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office told the AP on Thursday that it “does not currently anticipate reaching morgue capacity.”
“However, as the mayor has said, the city may explore the option of temporary burials in Hart Island if necessary,” said the spokeswoman, Aja Worthy-Davis.
Workers wearing personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP)
Elsewhere in New York City, overwhelmed hospitals have been placing bodies in refrigerated trucks parked outside their doors. Cuomo had said Thursday that “additional funeral directors” are going to be brought in to deal with the crisis.
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