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Bodies wrapped in plastic are loaded on to a refrigerated container truck operating as a makeshift morgue while being handled by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Bodies wrapped in plastic are loaded on to a refrigerated container truck operating as a makeshift morgue while being handled by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illne…

March 31, 2020

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Hospitals overflowing with bodies in US epicenter of virus
March 31, 2020 2:58 p.m.

Hospitals overflowing with bodies in US epicenter of virus

NEW YORK (AP) — It has become a grim ritual outside New York City’s hospitals: workers in protective gear loading the bodies of coronavirus victims into refrigerated trailers.