Hospitals still have the capacity to store the remains of virus victims, DOH says.
[Translation: As of the moment, our hospitals have the capacity to store bodies of the deceased in their morgues while their respective families process the burial or cremation.]have started to build mass graves for coronavirus victims, as the global death toll for the highly-contagious disease continues to soar.
in the number of bodies in the hallway of its morgue facility. The hospital's spokesperson Dr. Dennis Ordoña attributed this to the lack of equipment to store the victims' remains.
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