According to Italian media reports
18 at night
More than a dozen military vehicles transported about 70 bodies of patients who died of COVID-19 in the northern city of Bergamo
to cremate
After the photo of the convoy was posted on social media
l0 Some Italians believe this is the "the worst photo in history"
Army spokesman confirmed on the 19th that due to the surge in bodies of the dead received by the Bergamo cemetery recently, the crematorium staff were too busy, and the military sent 15 military vehicles and 50 soldiers to transport the bodies to the neighboring province to cremate .
Military vehicles are waiting outside the cemetery of Bergamo City to transport the remains.
It is reported that more than 4,300 people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronary pneumonia so far, and at least 93 people have died. Giacomo Angeloni, the local cemetery head, said that the staff of the crematorium had to deal with 24 bodies every day, twice the usual workload.
It is reported that the benches of the cemetery church were removed and the coffin was freed up, but bodies were still transported in every day, and the crematorium staff were too busy.
Bergamo and its Lombardy province are one of the most severely affected areas in northern Italy by the epidemic. The population of northern Italy is about 10 million, accounting for 1/6 of the national population, but the number of patients who died from COVID-19 in accounts for 2/3 of the total number of deaths in the country. Lombardy governor said the workload of medical staff in the province has reached its limit.
Source: Southern Metropolis Daily
