Northern Italy Hit Hard by COVID-19... Military Trucks Transporting Coffins

The Church Is Being Filled with Corpses

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-gyu Lee] In northern Italy, where the damage from the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is rapidly increasing, military trucks are reportedly transporting coffins to other regions due to a shortage of cemetery space.

According to foreign media including ANSA news agency on the 19th, on the night of the 18th (local time), military trucks lined up in front of the Bergamo communal cemetery in Lombardy, northern Italy.

As the number of bodies of those who died from COVID-19 surged, causing a shortage of cemetery space, the coffins were transported to other regions. On that day, about 30 military vehicles moved around 60 coffins to other areas such as Parma, Piacenza, and Modena.

In Bergamo, 385 people have died from COVID-19 in the past week, averaging 55 deaths per day. Local media even referred to Bergamo as the "City of Death." With the increasing number of deaths due to COVID-19, there is no space left in hospital morgues, and even churches are being filled with bodies.

Meanwhile, as of the previous day, the total nationwide confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Italy reached 35,713, with a cumulative death toll of 2,978.

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