Firefighters begin grim task of transporting coronavirus dead from overwhelmed hospitals to a makeshift mortuary in industrial park that can hold up to 1,000 bodies Bodies being taken from hospitals in Greater Manchester to a special mortuary The new mortuary in Trafford can hold up to 1,000 bodies in an industrial park It opened on Monday and is … Read more
Two aircraft hangers at a former RAF base in Oxfordshire have been converted into an expansive mortuary, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The airbase in Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, was home to the Bomber Command during the Second World War but closed in 1993 – it is now to become one of several temporary mortuaries for the … Read more
A second vast mortuary is being built in east London on a site previously used to store rubbish trucks, MailOnline can reveal. Workers in Waltham Forest are preparing three large white tents to house the bodies of coronavirus victims, which could arrive as early as Sunday. It comes two days after MailOnline disclosed a morgue … Read more
Birmingham airport could become a temporary mortuary for up to 12,000 bodies following talks on a worst-case scenario amid the coronavirus outbreak. The airport is next to Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC), which has already been mooted as a possible location for a temporary field hospital. It is understood that any airport facility could initially … Read more
Enormous tent mortuary is hastily set up in Westminster as UK coronavirus infections soar by 676 in a DAY and government prepares to reveal new death toll Westminster Public Mortuary currently has space for around 102 corpses An extension will provide more room for an increase in coronavirus victims Cases rose 1,950 to 2,626 today and … Read more