AdvertisementItalian soldiers were once again lifting coffins into army trucks today as cemeteries and morgues are overwhelmed by the scale of the coronavirus crisis. A parish priest in the town of Seriate gave a final blessing to 45 coffins today after they were laid out in neat rows in the San Giuseppe church. The parish church has enough space for 80 bodies to be laid out in coffins as they wait to be cremated. 'We do not put them in a shed, but in a church, that is, in the house of the Lord,' said parish priest Don Mario, according to Italian media. Local authorities in Bergamo had appealed for help with cremations after being overwhelmed by the death toll.

Source: Daily Mail March 25, 2020 15:17 UTC