>>> LOT OF AMERICAN CITIES ARE EXPERIENCING A DEVASTATING SURGE OF CORONAVIRUS CASES AND DEATHS LARGELY UNFOLDING OUT OF GLOBAL VIEW. ANALYSIS BY “THE NEW YORK TIMES” FOUND INCREASE IN DEATHS IN BRAZIL, PERU AND WEAK DOR RIVAL THE WORST OUTBREAKS AROUND THE WORLD. BECAUSE HOSPITALS HAVE FEWER RESOURCES, THE PANDEMIC IS TAKING A BRUTAL TOLL.
MANY OF THE GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT REPORTING — ARE REPORTEDLY NOT FULLY ACCOUNTING FOR THE DEAD. A LOT OF QUESTIONABLE GOVERNMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR STATISTICS. THE TIMES CITING OFFICIALS SAY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT REPORTED HUNDREDS OF POSSIBLE OR POSSIBLY THOUSANDS OF COVID-19 DEATHS IN MEXICO CITY ALONE.
NOW WE HAVE A GRIM NEW REPORT FROM AN OVERWHELMING MORGUE IN MECHL COVE CITY. WE HAVE THIS SKY NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
A WARNING, FOLKS, SOME OF THE IMAGES WE’RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU ARE VERY DISTURBING. >> Reporter: THEY NEVER STOPPED BURNING. BLACK SMOKE BILLOWS OUT FROM MEXICO CITY’S CREMATORIUM. THEY’RE CREMATING HERE ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE AND THE BODIES DON’T STOP COMING.
THEY’RE AT FULL CAPACITY ALREADY.
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HAS STRUCK AND MEXICO IS POWERLESS TO STOP IT. FIRST THE CUE TO DELIVER THE CARGO OF COVID-19 VICTIMS. THERE IS A THREE DAY WAIT LIST. IN FULL HAZMAT GEAR, THEY DELIVER THE BODIES TO THE HUGE OVENS. THE COVID-19 COFFINS ARE PILED UP WAITING TO BE DESTROYED.
THIS IS EARLY MORNING AND THERE’S LOTS OF COFFINS ALREADY. THEY’RE CLEARED EACH DAY. SKY NEWS INVESTIGATED THIS WITH THE HELP OF STAFF WE VISITED MULTIPLE MORGUES AND SPOKE TO AND VISITED DOZENS OF HOSPITALS, CEMETERIES AND FUNERAL PARLORS. THE STORY IS ALWAYS THE SAME. THEY CAN’T DEAL WITH THE BODIES.
THE FRIDGES ARE FULL. THE BODY BAGS ARE ON GURNEYS THE BODY BAGS ARE ON GURNEYS WAITING FOR COLLECTION. IN AN AUTOPSY ROOM, THE INVESTIGATION TABLES ARE NOW REDUNDANT. THEY’RE SURROUNDED BY BODY BAGS. THERE IS NO ROOM IN THE REST OF THERE IS NO ROOM IN THE REST OF THE HOSPITAL’S MORGUE FACILITIES.
IN THIS STORAGE ROOM, THE BODIES ARE PILED ON WOOD ENPAL ET CETERA.
WORKERS SAY THERE ARE THREE MORE ROOMS LIKE THIS MAKE SHIFT MORGUES. THE FUNERAL PARLOR WORKER HAS TO PICK THROUGH THE CORPSES TO FIND THE RIGHT BODY TO TAKE AWAY FOR CREMATION. THIS IS WHAT IT’S LIKE. THERE ARE SO MANY DEAD IT’S HARD TO KEEP TRACK AND IN TRUTH, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
OUTSIDE, A FAMILY MEMBER ASKED THE HEARSE DRIVER TO STOP. HE WANTS TO SEAT BODIN’ SIDE THE COFFIN. THE SYSTEM IS SO OVERSTRETCHED, HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HE’S ABOUT TO CREMATE HIS ACTUAL FAMILY MEMBER.
HE, LIKE MOST PEOPLE WE SPOKE TO HERE, DOESN’T TRUST THE GOVERNMENT OR THE SYSTEM. IT’S BREAKING DOWN.
WHAT IS STAGGERING IS NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING CREMATED IN THE VOLUME OF HEARSES AND TRAFFIC. IT JUST DOESN’T STOP. THE CUES ARE HUGE. >> THEY FLATTENED CORONAVIRUS CURVE AND THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A HUGE DROPOFF IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS BEING RECORDED. OUR OWN ANALYSIS OF 30 DIFFERENT CREMATORIUMS SHOW THAT ISN’T THE CASE AT ALL.
THEY’RE ALL WORKING TO FULL.
