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Two refrigerated trucks to store bodies in Tarrant County as COVID-19 pandemic worsens
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 12/10/2020 Domingo Ramirez Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Two refrigerated trucks will be used by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office to store bodies amid the COVID-19 surge in North Texas, according to officials at the medical examiner’s office.
Authorities anticipate the surge will increase over the next six to eight weeks during and through the holidays.
The trucks, which were acquired on Dec. 3, are parked near the medical examiner’s office, 200 Feliks Gwozdz Place.
Each truck will be able to store 50 bodies, according to officials at the medical examiner’s office.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) Tarrant County in the U.S. state of Texas will use temporary coolers to hold bodies as deaths rise due to COVID-19, the county's medical examiner's office announced Thursday.