New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell asked residents to continue to follow the stay at home mandate as the city continues its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. She urged residents to not “break the rules” and stay home during Easter weekend.
NYC medical examiner to hold bodies up to 14 days due to coronavirus impact on funeral industryNew York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner issued a memo Thursday extending the time a body will be kept in their custody to 14 days.
The memo was obtained by CNN from Mike Lanotte, the director of the NY State Funeral Directors Association, and confirmed by OCME. "The NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner acknowledges the significant impacts of the pandemic to the funeral industry which may in turn further impact families who have lost a loved one, whose body may be within our custody," the memo said.
Funeral director Patrick Kearns, upon hearing the news, told CNN,"I’m very relieved, because now we don’t have the idea that people are going to be sent to mass burials and the psychological stress that puts on families.”New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he will be signing an executive order to bring additional funeral directors into the state to help with the high number of deaths.
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