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The NYPD found in funeral homes trucks with dozens of decomposing bodies

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According to the official, who spoke with NYT on condition of anonymity, the funeral home has stored bodies in trucks after they have stopped working freezer. Could these people be infected with a coronavirus, is not yet known

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The number of people infected – more than 1 million people – the USA is in first place in the world. President Donald trump explained this high number of identified cases of infection of a well-functioning system of testing, infection

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Dozens of decomposing bodies were discovered in a truck next to a funeral home in Brooklyn, new York, reports the New York Times. According to the newspaper, around 11:00 local time (18:00 Moscow time) on April 29, residents of neighboring houses had complained of the unpleasant smell. Arrived on the scene, law enforcement officers found a truck with dozens of decaying bodies.

According to the official, who spoke with NYT on condition of anonymity, the funeral home has stored bodies in trucks after they have stopped working freezer. Could these people be infected with a coronavirus, is not yet known. In the NYT noted that funeral organizations experience a greater burden of rising deaths due to the coronavirus.

From causes related coronavirus, died in USA, more than 60 thousand people. This number is higher irrecoverable losses of the U.S. in Vietnam who, according to official data, amounted to 58 220 people. Also the number of victims of the epidemic have already exceeded losses in the Korean war (36,5 thousand Americans), in the First world (53.4 thousand). Most deaths occur in the city of new York, which became the epicenter of the epidemic in the United States – more than 18 thousand.

If US involvement in the Vietnam war lasted more than ten years, comparable to the number of victims of the epidemic of the coronavirus began less than three months ago. The level of mortality from the pandemic higher: he is 17, 6 fatalities for every 100 thousand inhabitants, while in the most bloody for the United States war in Vietnam (1968), the same indicator was 8.5 deaths for every 100 thousand citizens of the United States.

The number of people infected – more than 1 million people – the USA is in first place in the world. President Donald trump explained such a high number of identified cases of infection well-functioning system of testing infection. At a meeting with small business owners who have used the Federal anti-crisis program of lending, the President also suggested that the worst days of the coronavirus pandemic is over, Americans look forward to “safe and fast” recovery of the country.

According to the Washington Post, us intelligence agencies warned trump about the danger of a new coronavirus in January and February, but the then head of state did not take it seriously. Reports Trump said that China understates the extent of the contamination and the number of deaths and raised the prospect of heavy political and economic consequences. However, until the world health organization declared a pandemic COVID-19, trump continued to publicly downplay the threat and to reassure Americans that the epidemic will disappear.