New York morgue staff using FaceTime to show dead victims in body bags to loved ones
STAFF at a New York morgue are using FaceTime to show coronavirus victims in body bags to loved ones.
She added that while heartbreaking, it was a small way of making the situation "a little bit easier". But New York governor Andrew Cuomo has raised hope that the state has hit the peak of the pandemic after the daily death toll saw a slight drop on Sunday for the first time.
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