Mobile morgue arrives in Sonoma County to help with COVID-19 casualties
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The state’s first refrigerated trailer to assist with the storage of COVID-19 decedents arrives in Imperial County. A trailer is being sent to Sonoma County to help with the collection of bodies of people who have died from the coronavirus.Cal OES
A grim sign of the coronavirus surge, California has leased 10 refrigerated semitrailer to assist with the collection of bodies as the daily death toll climbs to unprecedented levels, according to the Governor s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES).
The 10 mobile morgues are in addition to 78 refrigerator trailers that were donated by the Hub Group, an Illinois-based company, to counties and hospitals. These are already deployed across the state.
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Another mobile morgue arrives in Bay Area county to help with COVID casualties Share Updated: 1:55 PM PST Jan 8, 2021 By Amy Graff , SFGATE Share Updated: 1:55 PM PST Jan 8, 2021 By Amy Graff , SFGATE A grim sign of the coronavirus surge, California has leased 10 refrigerated semi-truck trailers to assist with the collection of bodies as the daily death toll climbs to unprecedented levels, according to the Governor s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES).The 10 mobile morgues are in addition to 78 refrigerator trailers that were donated by the Hub Group, an Illinois-based company, to counties and hospitals. These are already deployed across the state.Cal OES has sent one of the leased trucks to Sonoma County in the Bay Area as well as to Imperial and San Bernardino counties.Chief Mark Pazin of Cal OES’ Law Enforcement Branch said Sonoma requested the refrigerated trailer because they have limited decedent capacity. This isn t the first
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