Pentagon orders 100,000 body bags as 200,000 people are expected to die from coronavirus
- The government is expected to draw the next 50,000 body bags from a stockpile
- FEMA did not have a specific delivery date for the military-style remains pouches
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The Pentagon is ordering 100,000 body bags as experts predict the coronavirus will claim the lives of 200,000 Americans.
By Wednesday evening the US death toll had surpassed 46,000 and the government is expected to draw the next 50,000 body bags from a stockpile.
However preparations are being made to double up as hospitals become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and are quickly running out of space in large states such as California and New York.
FEMA did not have a specific delivery date for the military-style remains pouches
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not have a specific delivery date for the military-style remains pouches, sources told Bloomberg Wednesday.
They are seeing green nylon body bags usually distributed to war zones, which measure up at 94-inches by 38-inches.
A source said, the bags have not yest been ordered but the government was looking into the request.
The Defense Logistics Agency’s Troop Support unit manages the Pentagon’s stockpile.