New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has announced the creation of a “Death Care Task Force” to help the city and its surrounding area deal with the surge of dead bodies due to the coronavirus pandemic, The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
Louisiana and, in particular its most populous city, New Orleans, are being ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. And as Cantrell points out, the tragedy has itself spurned another tragedy within itself: the matter of dead bodies being improperly cared for. Further, because of social-distancing guidelines, the loved ones of the victims often can’t attend their funerals.
“The COVID-19 outbreak has created a tragedy within a tragedy: Compromising the way our residents prepare their deceased love ones to be laid to rest, and share in their grief the way we’re accustomed to. And it won’t get any easier,” she said.
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