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Corona in the USA: Shocking images from Texas - prisoners load dead people into refrigerated trucks

2020-11-18T01:13:39.517Z


The corona situation in the USA remains tense. In the hotspot El Paso in the state of Texas, prisoners load corona deaths into refrigerated trucks.


The corona situation in the USA remains tense.

In the hotspot El Paso in the state of Texas, prisoners load corona deaths into refrigerated trucks.

  • The

    infection numbers

    during the

    second wave * of

    the

    corona pandemic *

    in the

    USA

    are worrying.

  • A

    Corona *

    hotspot

    is the border town of

    El Paso

    in the US state of

    Texas

    .

  • There, prisoners

    load

    corona dead

    in refrigerated trucks that are set up behind overcrowded morgues.

  • This news ticker is updated regularly.

Munich / El Paso - The

corona infection numbers

in the

USA

are still worryingly high.

On Monday, authorities

reported 166,045 new cases

in one day, according to data from

Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

in Baltimore.

For several days, the number of newly reported

corona cases has been

above 100,000.

The highest value to date was recorded last Friday when

more than 177,000 new infections

were reported.

The

Corona hotspot

of the

USA

is currently the state of

Texas

.

The mark of

20,000 corona deaths was

exceeded

there on Monday

.

Last week, Texas was the first US state to 

 exceed the

one million confirmed corona cases

mark.

Most of the

new infections

have been found in the border town of

El Paso

in recent weeks 

 .

Terrifying pictures have now been taken there.

Corona in the USA: inmates load dead people into refrigerated trucks in Texas

Behind an

overcrowded morgue

in

El Paso

, prisoners

load

corona dead *

into a

refrigerated truck that has been

set up

.

As reported by the

New York Post

, the detainees volunteered for work.

You're supposed to make two dollars an hour.

Four to ten prisoners and

eight refrigerated trailers have

been in

continuous use

for a week in

order to deal with the high number of deaths, the report said.

Two more trailers are to be added.

Texas inmates enlisted to carry bodies at El Paso morgue amid COVID-19 surge https://t.co/EHH2ssvOV3 pic.twitter.com/70C7ce8AcE

- New York Post (@nypost) November 16, 2020

nurse

 from the university hospital in

El Paso

 has made serious allegations against the alleged 

corona policy of

 her clinic.

In a 

live video on Facebook

 described

Lawanna Rivers

dramatic scenes *.

Among other things, she reported on a room that was only there to

die

and was called "The Pit" by the staff.

Anyone who is brought there can only get out of the room "in a body bag",

Rivers

said

in a desperate tone.

Corona in the USA: Governors of several states are tightening the measures

In the US state of

California

, the threshold of

one million confirmed corona infections * was also

exceeded

last week

.

The state must

pull

the

emergency brake

, said Governor

Gavin Newsom

on Monday, explaining the tougher

measures

.

Bars and fitness facilities have to close, restaurants can only serve outside or sell outside the home.

Schools are also only allowed to give online lessons.

Due to the alarming increases we are seeing in # COVID19 cases, CA is pulling an emergency brake.



To slow the spread, 41 counties - 94% of California's population -


will now be in purple, the most restrictive tier.

- Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) November 16, 2020

The Governor of the US state of

Michigan

,

Gretchen Whitmer

, has also taken the

tougher measures

to curb

Corona pandemic

defended.

“We are in the worst weeks of this pandemic.

We have been through this for nine months and at the moment the numbers are worse than ever, and so we have to take aggressive action, "

Whitmer

told

MSNBC

on Monday

.

Given the "power vacuum" in

Washington

, it is the duty of the governors to do everything possible to save lives and to heed the advice of health experts.

(ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network

List of rubric lists: © Mario Tama / Getty Images / AFP

Source: merkur

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