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Morgue worker 'had to use bedsheets to carry up to 80 corpses because body bags ran out'

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A morgue truck worker had to resort to using bedsheets to carry up to 80 corpses to a trailer after body bags ran out amidst the coronavirus crisis.

Erik Frampton, 46, was temporarily working at a morgue trailer in New York City when supplies started to run low due to the crisis.

The employee has described how bodies were left ripping through temporary bags, with blood and fecal matter leaking out. Speaking to WNYC, Erik said: "The bodies inside the trailer were not well marked. "Sometimes we were forced to open up the bags to find ankle or wrist bracelets. "We use hospital bed sheets where bags have failed. "There are tons of blood and fecal matter, etc., that have leaked out.

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