It's frightening: a crematorium in Wuppertal (North Rhine-Westphalia) is completely overloaded.
There is no space for the coffins of corona victims.
The city is now resorting to drastic measures.
Wuppertal
(North Rhine-Westphalia) has
a serious problem
due to the
Corona *
death victims
.
There is no space for storing coffins.
In a statement, the city has now announced an interim solution.
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Wuppertal - The Bergisch
crematorium in Wuppertal
(North Rhine-Westphalia) is at its limit.
The area for storing coffins until they are cremated is occupied.
Newly arriving coffins of the deceased are now stacked in a
tent in front of the building
.
Corona: coffins are stacked in front of the crematorium in NRW
"In order to create additional space, the city has asked the technical relief organization to set up a tent on the site of the crematorium so that the coffins can be placed there," says a message from the city of Wuppertal.
Due to the holidays and the high number of deaths in the cities in the area, the private crematorium is
dependent
on
this interim solution
.
According to official information, twelve people in Wuppertal have died of Corona since Christmas Eve.
According
to the city,
218 people have died
since the beginning of the
corona pandemic
.
Corona deaths in Germany - Dramatic situation in other cities too
Because of the dramatically high
death toll in Zittau
(Saxony), corpses have to be temporarily stored outside the crematorium.
Due to the tense situation, the city decided to store the dead "in the area of the flood base" and to drive them to the crematorium "when cleared for cremation".
In a statement from the city, the mayor explains: “The colleagues in our registry office have meanwhile taken on extra shifts in order to properly document the deaths.
Organizationally, we have reached our performance limits and ask all those affected for their understanding. "
Nuremberg (Bavaria) has also had high corona numbers for weeks, numerous people have died.
The funeral service is now so busy that it cannot accept all orders, reports Merkur.de *.
(ml) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network
