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Oregon Counties Request Trucks for Bodies as Deaths Climb
The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly that some counties cannot handle the number of bodies and have requested refrigerated trucks to hold them.
Aug. 28, 2021, at 4:01 p.m.
U.S. News & World Report
By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly that two counties have requested refrigerated trucks to hold the bodies, the state emergency management department said Saturday.
So far, Tillamook County, on Oregon's northwest coast, and Josephine County, in the southwest, have requested the trucks, said Bobbi Doan, a spokeswoman for the Oregon Office of Emergency Management.
Tillamook County Emergency Director Gordon McCraw wrote in his request to the state that the county's sole funeral home “is now consistently at or exceeding their capacity” of nine bodies.
"Due to COVID cases of staff, they are unable to transport for storage to adjacent counties," he wrote, adding that suicides are also up in the county...
The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly that some counties cannot handle the number of bodies and have requested refrigerated trucks to hold them.
Aug. 28, 2021, at 4:01 p.m.
U.S. News & World Report
By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly that two counties have requested refrigerated trucks to hold the bodies, the state emergency management department said Saturday.
So far, Tillamook County, on Oregon's northwest coast, and Josephine County, in the southwest, have requested the trucks, said Bobbi Doan, a spokeswoman for the Oregon Office of Emergency Management.
Tillamook County Emergency Director Gordon McCraw wrote in his request to the state that the county's sole funeral home “is now consistently at or exceeding their capacity” of nine bodies.
"Due to COVID cases of staff, they are unable to transport for storage to adjacent counties," he wrote, adding that suicides are also up in the county...
