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
A second vast mortuary is being built in east London on a site previously used to store rubbish trucks, MailOnline can reveal. Workers in Waltham Forest are preparing three large white tents to house the bodies of coronavirus victims, which could arrive as early as Sunday. It comes two days after MailOnline disclosed a morgue … Read more
Preparations begin to turn Milton Keynes ice rink into giant coronavirus mortuary Planet Ice venue in South Row, Milton Keynes, will act as a temporary mortuary But this will be in the event that local funeral directors are unable to hold bodies The 2,800 capacity rink is kept open to ensure it is the temperature … 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
Builders were today seen expanding a central London mortuary to prepare for a surge of coronavirus victims as the number of cases rose to 676 in a day. Westminster Public Mortuary by the Houses of Parliament can currently store 102 corpses and is likely to see its capacity almost doubled. The UK death toll currently … Read more