Soldiers have discovered coronavirus victims at multiple retirement facilities, Spain Defense Minister Margarita Robles said.
, reported HuffPost Spain, although it’s unclear exactly when or where they were made.
The army has been pressed into service to disinfect retirement residences nationwide after workers reportedly were instructed to leave bodies in place until a doctor arrives. AFP notes that the soaring death rate can meanMore than 35,000 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Spain, where it has killed more than 2,600 people.
Madrid’s municipal funeral home, meanwhile, has stopped collecting victims of the outbreak because of a lack of specialist equipment. A city ice rink has been converted into a morgue. The Spanish army's Military Emergency Unit has begun transferring the bodies of coronavirus victims to the city's ice rink and guarding them until they can be collected for burial or cremation.
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