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The mass grave for the dead with coronavirus in New York, in images

2020-04-10T12:55:05.175Z


After the morgues overflow, a New York City councilman reveals an emergency plan to make temporary burials in a city park. Hart Island is receiving the coffins of the deceased that no one claims


  • 1Operarians protected by special suits bury deceased by coronavirus on the island of Hart, due to the collapse of the city's morgues. The coronavirus pandemic has already left 15,938 dead in the United States, where New York State has recorded another 779 deaths in the last day, bringing the total death toll to 7,067 in the region. John Minchillo AP

  • 2A vehicle transports the bodies of the deceased to Heart Island for temporary burial. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has indicated that of the more than 450,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the US, 159,937 are people who have tested positive in his State, 10,621 more than the previous day. John Minchillo AP

  • 3Operators protected by special suits bury deceased by coronavirus on the island of Hart. A preliminary report indicates that 34% of the 3,602 deaths from covid-19 in New York are Latino. John Minchillo AP

  • 4Several workers bury deceased people with coronavirus on Hart Island, New York. Without documents or health insurance, crowded into multi-family homes, forced to work during the quarantine to make ends meet, Hispanic immigrants are the biggest fatalities of the coronavirus in New York, the city most affected by the pandemic in the United States. John Minchillo AP

  • 5 Burial of deceased by coronavirus on Hart Island, used as temporary cemetery. Coronavirus also affects African Americans disproportionately in New York, with 28% of deaths, when they make up 22% of the population. John Minchillo AP

  • 6A third of the three million Hispanics in New York are undocumented immigrants without health insurance, according to municipal government estimates. In the image, workers bury unidentified coronavirus deaths. John Minchillo AP

  • 7The Trump government assures that it will not punish immigrants who seek medical attention for the covid-19. In the image, workers, in the mass grave where temporary burials are taking place on Hart Island (New York). LUCAS JACKSON REUTERS

Source: elparis

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