Britain builds another overflow morgue in Hampshire as Covid death count continues to rise

The seventh temporary mortuary has been set up in Britain to cope with the ‘significant pressures’ created by the number of coronavirus deaths.  An overflow mortuary is being set up in Winklebury, Basingstoke, Hampshire to provide extra capacity amid the ongoing pandemic.   The new facility will become operational on Thursday to support the four major … Read more

Coronavirus UK: £4m overflow morgue for 1,300 bodies built

An overflow mortuary costing £4million has now been set up at Britain’s third biggest crematorium to provide an extra 20 per cent capacity for bodies in London, following the country’s worst day for coronavirus deaths.  The storage units in large temporary structures at Breakspear Crematorium in Ruislip, West London, can hold up to 1,300 bodies … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Overflow morgue for 1,300 bodies is built at Britain’s third-biggest crematorium

An overflow mortuary costing £4million has now been set up at Britain’s third biggest crematorium to provide an extra 20 per cent capacity for bodies in London, following the country’s worst day for coronavirus deaths.  The storage units in large temporary structures at Breakspear Crematorium in Ruislip, West London, can hold up to 1,300 bodies … Read more

Man ‘comes back to life’ in a morgue – hours after he was declared dead in Kenya 

Man ‘comes back to life’ in a morgue as workers prepared to embalm him – hours after he was declared dead in Kenya Peter Kigen, 32, was rushed to hospital in Kenya after he collapsed at home He was declared dead by doctors and transferred to a morgue to be embalmed But the patient shocked … Read more

Russia coronavirus: Bodies pile up in morgue as country hits one-day case record

A Russian medical worker has revealed the grim toll that coronavirus is taking on the country as he filmed the bodies of dozens of victims packed into a morgue.  ‘Corpses everywhere, corpses, corpses,’ the man can be heard saying as he gives viewers a tour of a corridor and dissection room that is typically used … Read more

Drew Barrymore says her grandfather’s corpse was stolen from the morgue for a poker game by friends

Drew Barrymore says her grandfather John’s corpse was stolen from the morgue by Erroyl Flynn for a poker game after his death in 1942 By Caitlyn Becker For Dailymail.com Published: 16:42 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 16:42 BST, 21 August 2020 Actor John Barrymore’s corpse was apparently taken out for a final spin by … Read more

Woman, 81, returns to life after spending the night in a Russian morgue

Woman, 81, returns to life after spending the night in a Russian morgue and ‘being pulled back from the other world’ after doctors declared her dead Zinaida Kononova declared dead after surgery to remove intestinal obstruction She was taken to the morgue at Gorshechensky Central District Hospital at 1am At 8am, hospital worker ‘got the shock … Read more

Traveller funeral is broken up by police after mourners seize the body back from morgue

Traveller funeral is broken up by police as mourners flout social distancing rules after they demanded body back from the undertaker the night before ceremony – and drove it to the church in the back of a Transit van About 60 grievers – some swigging beer – moved on by Bedfordshire Police at Dunstable Cemetery … Read more

Sobering pictures show large stack of empty coffins at temporary morgue

Dozens of coffins stored inside a temporary mosque morgue have given a rare insight into the scale of the coronavirus crisis which has now claimed the lives of 16,060 people across the UK. The images, which show the coffins placed on top of each other inside the mortuary built on the car park of Central … Read more

Coronavirus morgue opens in Paris food market – while the market remains open

Largest wholesale food market in the world is transformed into a coronavirus morgue in Paris – while still selling meat, fish and vegetables Rungis market is the largest wholesale food market anywhere in the world  It also now houses a makeshift morgue for Paris’s coronavirus victims  Bodies will begin arriving on Friday while the market … Read more