California distributes thousands of body bags as COVID death toll mounts: People are going to die that don t need to die
December 16, 2020 / 7:07 AM / CBS/AP COVID outbreak rages in California
Hospitals are filling up so fast in California that officials are rolling out mobile field facilities and scrambling to hire more doctors and nurses to prepare for an expected surge in coronavirus patients. Meanwhile the state is distributing 5,000 body bags mostly to the hard-hit Los Angeles and San Diego areas and has 60 refrigerated trailers standing by as makeshift morgues in anticipation of a surge of COVID-19 deaths, Governor Gavin Newsom said Tuesday.
California distributes 5,000 body bags, has makeshift morgues on standby as COVID toll worsens
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California virus surge brings field hospitals, body bags
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California virus surge brings field hospitals, body bags
Dec. 16, 2020 at 9:55 am
DON THOMPSON, Associated Press
Hospitals are filling up so fast in California that officials are rolling out mobile field facilities and scrambling to hire more doctors and nurses to prepare for an expected surge in coronavirus patients.
Meanwhile California is distributing 5,000 body bags mostly to the hard-hit Los Angeles and San Diego areas and has 60 refrigerated trailers standing by as makeshift morgues in anticipation of a surge of COVID-19 deaths, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday.
Fresno’s Community Regional Medical Center in central California is rushing 50 beds into a building near the hospital and bringing in medical staff from outside the state to help staff the makeshift ward beginning Friday.
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An ambulance arrives at a Santa Ana Hospital on Dec. 11, 2020. Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC
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Skyrocketing coronavirus cases and hospitalizations forced state public health officials to order an additional 5,000 body bags and 60 refrigerated trucks to help store dead bodies as morgues could get overrun.
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