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Mobile coronavirus morgues guarded by military in Brooklyn, New York

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Mobile coronavirus morgues guarded by military in Brooklyn, New York
Mobile coronavirus morgues guarded by military in Brooklyn, New York
Mobile coronavirus morgues guarded by military in Brooklyn, New York

April 23 2020 - BROOKLYN, New York: At least 14 refrigerated trailers are parked near 39th Street and 1st Avenue in Industry City.

The entrance is guarded by an FDNY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT team and signs directing funeral directors to a separate entrance.

This is where funeral directors are able to pick up bodies of COVID-19 victims after they are transported from local hospitals in the mobile morgues.

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