Bergamo
Italy has suffered the largest number of reported cases of Corona virus in the world after China. The hardest hit region has been the north and the hardest hit community is the picturesque little town of Bergamo near Milan. The below article appearing in the Italian newspaper, Il Giornale, yesterday gives you an idea of how bad things are in Bergamo. Other towns in the region are offering their own cremation facilities to accommodate the demand. Translation by Fousesquawk.
https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/i-feretri-delle-vittime-virus-bergamo-modena-cremazione-1842922.html
Bergamo, The army carries the coffins to the crematoria of Modena and Bologna.
The operation to alleviate the crematorium of Lombardy. The army has also stepped in.
To date, the province of Bergamo remains the hardest hit by the Corona Virus pandemic.
There are 4,305 persons in total infected, by Covid-18, an increase of 312 patients compared to yesterday. And here, the number of deaths has also risen: Yesterday, over 300 were registered.
A number so high that the crematorium of the city was at (the point of) collapse. Too many victims were arriving, too quickly to be able to cremate them all in a brief time. The mayor of Bergamo, Giorgio Gori, explained that "in the first two weeks of March, the number of deceased is four times higher than the same period of last year". Moreover, "aside from the sad count of deceased that is being reported by official sources, there are so many other persons dying at home or in rest homes."
And to confront this emergency, the mayors of other cities have made their own structures for this service available. "In a tragic moment, your collaboration and proximity is commendable," Giorgio Gori has expressed his thanks, addressing a letter to the first citizens of various municipalities, who volunteered to take 60 coffins. They are: Acqui Terme. Brescia, Cervignano del Friuli, Domodossola, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Rimini. Serravalle Scrivia, Trecate, and Varese.
And in the evening, the operation began at the Bergamo cemetery. During the night, in fact, at the cemetery of San Cataldo of Modena, the arrival of 31 coffins was expected, which, during the day of Thursday, 19 March, will be sent to the cremation plant. That was confirmed by the municipality with a Facebook post: "Modena is also collaborating in the assistance to Bergamo, which is confronting the tragic emergency caused by a high number of deaths in the past days due to the Corona virus," it reads. The transport of the corpses will be carried out by means of the army, which arrived in Bergamo in the evening
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Having spent five years in Milan, I feel badly for the people of Italy. We should all keep them in our prayers, especially, the people in Bergamo, as we try to get through this in our own countries.
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