The coronavirus death toll is so high in Italy that some

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Funeral services are overwhelmed in the part of Italy hardest hit by the coronavirus, with a crematorium in Bergamo operating 24 hours a day, according to The Washington Post . Bergamo is a city in Lombardy, northern Italy, where the coronavirus is hitting the population hard. There is now a waiting list for burials there. Coffins of the deceased awaiting services have overflowed into 2 hospital morgues and a cemetery morgue, The Post reported . A video published by Italian newspaper Il Messaggero on Sunday also shows coffins lined up in a Bergamo church. A photo taken from a video published by the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, showing coffins awaiting funeral services in Bergamo due to the coronavirus crisis. A photo taken from a video published by the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, showing coffins awaiting funeral services in Bergamo due to the coronavirus crisis.



Il Messaggero Italy is now the country most affected by the coronavirus apart from China, with more than 27,000 confirmed cases and 2,158 deaths. So far 2,749 people have been reported to have recovered. Under the strict lockdown imposed in this part of Italy on March 8 by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, many funerals in Bergamo are held in the presence of a priest and a funeral C Level Contact List home employee, with occasional permits for a funeral of no more than 10 people, according to The Post . Cemeteries have been closed, so that people are not tempted to leave their homes and gather to visit graves. Read more: "Healthcare personnel must be protected": Chinese doctors explain that Europeans are making the same mistakes that were seen during the first days in Wuhan Strict precautions at every stage mean that many have not had the opportunity to visit a loved one after the onset of the illness, nor to view the body before the funeral, according to The Post .







Relatives of a person who died from coronavirus (COVID-19) arrive at a cemetery in Bergamo, Italy on March 16, 2020. Relatives of a person who died from coronavirus (COVID-19) arrive at a cemetery in Bergamo, Italy on March 16, 2020. Flavio Lo Scalzo/Reuters Marta Testa, whose father died of COVID-19 on March 11, told The Post : "I think it's worse than a war. Dad is waiting to be buried. And we are here waiting to say goodbye." Testa reportedly never saw his father again after he was taken to the hospital on March 7. As authorities increasingly recommend cremation instead of burial, the crematorium has begun operating 24 hours a day, according to The Post . The magnitude of the devastation in Bergamo is clearly illustrated by a tweet by journalist David Carretta, who posted a video of himself flipping through the obituary pages of the local newspaper on 2 dates: February 9 and March 13. The pages of Eco di Bergamo 's obituary , which at the previous date were one and a half pages, spanned 10 pages just over a month later.