A new space for families victims of the coronavirus to gather. After a hall in the Rungis market transformed into a morgue at the beginning of April, the Prefect of Police and the Prefect of Essonne decided to "open a new reception center in Wissous, in Essonne", while the Island -de-France is now the region most affected by Covid-19.
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A complementary measure to the morgue on the Rungis market
An opening intended to "preserve in the most worthy conditions the coffins of the deceased of the Covid-19, awaiting their burial or their cremation", one can read in an official press release. It is a complementary measure to that carried out in the "belly of Paris" to "deal with the tension that persists on the funeral chain". Set up this Friday, this new morgue will be operational from the start of the weekend. But the authorities specify that the families will not be able to come for a meditation, "it will be done under the usual conditions put in place by the funeral operators".
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A capacity of 450 coffins
According to information from Europe 1, this new morgue should be able to accommodate 450 coffins, where the pavilion of the Rungis international market allows a thousand families to come to meditate.