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Madrid ice rink turned into morgue due to coronavirus
France24 ^
| March 23, 2020
Posted on 03/23/2020 11:56:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Madrid (AFP) - An ice rink inside a Madrid shopping mall was on Monday turned into a temporary morgue to deal with a surge in deaths in the Spanish capital due to the coronavirus, local officials said.
The ice rink at the Palacio de Hielo, or Ice Palace, shopping centre -- which according to its web page has the capacity for 1,800 skaters -- will be used "to store bodies", a spokeswoman for Madrid city hall told AFP.
The coronavirus death toll in Spain, one of the worst-hit countries in the world, surged to 2,182 on Monday after 462 people died within 24 hours. The Madrid region accounts from over half of the deaths so far.
Earlier on Monday Madrid city hall said the city's 14 public cemeteries would cease to accept more bodies because staff there did not have adequate protective gear.
"Preparations have begun so that the installations ceded by the Ice Palace can receive bodies, and facilitate the work of funeral services in the face of this exceptional situation," the regional government of Madrid said in a statement.
This improvised morgue will start being used "in the coming hours," it added.
"This is a temporary and exceptional measure which aims to mitigate the pain of the family members of the victims and the situation hospitals in Madrid are facing."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chinesevirus; coronavirus; spain; virus; wuhanp4
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Smart move. Will not need additional ice to keep body stable.
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posted on
03/23/2020 11:58:48 AM PDT
by
entropy12
(You are either for free enterprise or want gov't to guarantee your wages.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Wow, you know it’s bad when you ice rink is turned into a morgue.
To: entropy12
So are people going to be allowed to skate or is that out?
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:00:31 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(Radicals, racists my curseoint fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
This is all perfectly normal. Nothing at all to see here.
#NotABioWeapon
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:02:29 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
To: chris37
What to do with all those useless cruise ships? The customers aren’t coming back when this is over.
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:03:49 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: chris37
Spain has single-payer, this cannot be true.
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:03:59 PM PDT
by
Tea Party Terrorist
(If you watch porn you support human trafficking.)
To: dp0622
I don’t think you want to crash into a virus-riddled stiff.
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:05:13 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
A tragically clever idea.
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:05:28 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: dp0622
Only if you can make quick turns to avoid the bodies.
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:06:37 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(You are either for free enterprise or want gov't to guarantee your wages.)
To: dp0622
If there is a limit of 10 or less humans in an establishment, do cadavers count?
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:08:04 PM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(Welcf theome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
To: DIRTYSECRET
We know some one who was on a cruise ship in Pacific ocean and said only about 1/4 of the ship was full.
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:09:33 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(You are either for free enterprise or want gov't to guarantee your wages.)
To: DIRTYSECRET
We could put congress on one!
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:12:24 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
To: Tea Party Terrorist
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:12:49 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Wow, you know its bad when you ice rink is turned into a morgue.
And the Philadelphia Flyers aren't even involved.
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:12:59 PM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: gathersnomoss; entropy12
And here I thought I was going to be chastised for being so cold and unfeeling.
I should have known better :)
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:15:20 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(Radicals, racists my curseoint fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
To: fieldmarshaldj
That’ll test the zamboni driver’s skills.
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:20:23 PM PDT
by
bleach
(If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
For all those who say it’s just the flu.. Why don’t countries need temporary morgues during flu season? Because this is not the flu.. It is a vicious virus sweeping the world causing health care systems to be Overwhelmed. Get it now?
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:20:37 PM PDT
by
DivineMomentsOfTruth
("There is but one straight course, ad that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Wow, you know its bad when you ice rink is turned into a morgue. And the Philadelphia Flyers aren't even involved."Dave's a Killer!"
"Dave's a Mess!"
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:22:45 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Gonna make it hard to skate...unless your working on your jumps.
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posted on
03/23/2020 12:27:00 PM PDT
by
moovova
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