Refrigerator trucks are being sent by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) To help handle the overwhelming deaths in New York City, according to officials.
"We are sending refrigeration trucks to New York to help with some of the problem on a temporary basis," FEMA regional administrator Thomas Von Essen announced during New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's press conference Monday, per The Hill.
Also, according to reports, FEMA has sent 42 staffers to aid the Manhattan Medical Examiner's Office.
The Navy medical ship the USNS Comfort arrived Monday to help take some of the stress off New York City hospitals dealing with a rush of sick patients.
Amid the ramping up for testing in the U.S., New York state now has more confirmed COVID-19 cases than all but four other countries in the world. The pandemic has been particularly deadly in New York City.
New York state has suffered more than 1,218 deaths to the coronavirus, a total that is higher than all but all but six other countries in the world.
"To date, I still fear the worse is not going to be April but actually the beginning of May," de Blasio said, per the report. "I guarantee you that April is going to be exceedingly tough and we have to understand that any projection of things being all OK by Easter, there's just no way that's true for New York City."
The Department of Homeland Security had been told New York City's morgues were nearing capacity.
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