Texas Requests Mortuary Trailers From FEMA As COVID-19 Cases Soar
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Coronavirus deaths have been rising in the state since June, when federal health officials began warning of the new and highly transmissible delta variant.
Health officials in Texas have requested five mortuary trailers from the federal government as coronavirus cases continue to balloon across the state, bringing with them a steady rise in related deaths. Texas officials requested the refrigerated trailers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Aug. 4 “as a precaution.” They will be staged in San Antonio for use when needed, a press officer with the Texas Department of State Health Services told HuffPost. “We don’t know of any place that needs these now due to COVID, but part of a response is being prepared for what could happen,” DSHS spokesperson Douglas Loveday said in an email Tuesday. “Knowing that it takes a few weeks for these to arrive, we wanted to go ahead and put the request in.”More Related News