Refrigerated truck for bodies of dead COVID-19 patients. Image from Manila PIO
MANILA, Philippines — Manila mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Friday said the local government acquired a refrigerator truck to use as storage for unclaimed bodies of patients who died of COVID-19.
Moreno showed to reporters images of a refrigerator truck parked at the Quirino Grandstand, where the city’s COVID-19 field hospital is located, just across the Luneta Park.
Body fridge. Image from Manila PIO
He said the local government acquired the truck to store dead COVID-19 patients in case a surge in coronavirus cases ensued.
“Basta ready lang tayo,” he told reporters in a Viber message. “As always.”
As of Friday, Manila reported 75,050 cases, including 1,840 cases, 71,805 recoveries, and 1,405 deaths, according to the city health department.