The inner workings of a mortuary in Paris have been laid bare in a series of confronting photographs as France’s coronavirus case and death tolls steadily climb amid fears of a third wave of disease. Photographer Joel Sagat was granted access to the mortuary of Beaujon Hospital in Paris where medics were preparing two bodies for … Read more
Dead bodies are being kept at a temporary mortuary in Surrey after the county’s hospital reached capacity amid rising Covid case rates. Some 170 bodies are being kept in the temporary mortuary at Headley Court in Leatherhead, which first opened in April to alleviate pressure during the first wave of the pandemic. Similar temporary mortuaries … Read more
Firefighters begin grim task of transporting coronavirus dead from overwhelmed hospitals to a makeshift mortuary in industrial park that can hold up to 1,000 bodies Bodies being taken from hospitals in Greater Manchester to a special mortuary The new mortuary in Trafford can hold up to 1,000 bodies in an industrial park It opened on Monday and is … Read more
Birmingham airport could become a temporary mortuary for up to 12,000 bodies following talks on a worst-case scenario amid the coronavirus outbreak. The airport is next to Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC), which has already been mooted as a possible location for a temporary field hospital. It is understood that any airport facility could initially … Read more
Birmingham airport could become a temporary mortuary for up to 12,000 bodies following talks on a worst-case scenario amid the coronavirus outbreak. The airport is next to Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC), which has already been mooted as a possible location for a temporary field hospital. It is understood that any airport facility could initially … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 104 after fatalities jumped to 33 in a day as a large mortuary extension was built in Westminster to prepare for an influx of bodies. Westminster Public Mortuary by the Houses of Parliament can currently store 102 corpses and is likely to see its capacity almost doubled. The … Read more