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Added on the 05/04/2020 17:33:55 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Morgue trailers sit near the University Medical Center of El Paso as this city in western Texas experiences a surge in Covid-19 cases, leading authorities to bring in mobile morgues. IMAGES
Medical personnel wearing full protective gear transport two bodies on stretchers from New York's Wyckoff Heights Medical Center to a refrigerated trailer repurposed as a makeshift morgue. As the United States' death toll races towards 10,000, including more than 4,000 in New York state, Surgeon General Jerome Adams warns: "This is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans' lives, quite frankly." IMAGES
Brooklyn Hospital Center places a refrigerated truck on its parking lot in order to deal with the spike in COVID-19 death toll. The pandemic has killed more than 1,700 New Yorkers to date. IMAGES
A line of people stand outside a New York City hospital to get tested for the coronavirus. Elmhurst hospital, in the borough of Queens, is at the center of the city's coronavirus crisis after 13 patients are believed to have died here within 24 hours. IMAGES
President Tsai Ing-wen visits survivors of Taiwan's worst rail disaster at a hospital and pay condolences to relatives of the victims at a morgue, as the island mourns the devastating collision that killed at least 50 people. IMAGES