Coronavirus: UK Builds Temporary Mortuary

The UK has built a temporary mortuary following the increase in the number of death from the coronavirus outbreak. The mortuary is said to be the size of two football fields joined together.

The temporary mortuary is under construction on Wanstead Flats, in Manor Park, east London, near the City of London crematorium and cemetery. Patients who pass away at the new 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale Hospital will be taken to the morgue, which is only a few miles away. It will serve as a holding place for the dead before burials and cremations can go ahead.

Residents near the construction site have been informed about the development when they received a letter from Newham Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz. “The facility will act as a holding point before a respectful and dignified cremation or burial can take place to send a loved one on their final journey.’

The government said it is preparing from for the worst with the increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the UK.It has also announced that families of the deceased will not be allowed to visit the morgue.

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