First responders evacuate sick crew members with flu-like symptoms from two cruise ships, the Costa Favolosa and Costa Magica at U.S. Coast Guard station at Port of Miami after the Florida Department of Health reported more than 2300 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Miami, Florida U.S., March 26, 2020.
People wearing protective masks hold signs during a mock funeral for Governor Andrew Cuomo's "leadership and integrity" outside the Cobble Hill Health Center, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 18, 2020.
A nurse wipes away tears as she stands outside NYU Langone Medical Center on 1st Avenue in Manhattan as New York Police Department (NYPD) Mounted Police and other units came to cheer and thank healthcare workers at 7pm during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 16, 2020.
A general view of the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital in Central Park, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., May 3, 2020.
Mariachi musicians play during the funeral of Rudy Cruz Sr., who died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery in El Paso, Texas, U.S. November 25, 2020.
Bridgette Emanuel and Samantha Emanuel offer words of comfort to Jasiah Beckles, 9, as he views the body of his grandfather, Samuel Emanuel Jr., who died from complications from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a private viewing held for the family at Pryority Funeral Experience, in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2021. "It feels wrong just leaving him here, I feel like he should be coming home with us," said Bridgette. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
An ambulance drives across a nearly empty East 42nd Street in heavy rain and high winds in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 13, 2020.
Healthcare workers treat patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., December 31, 2020.
Antonio Cervantes brings gifts to the grave of his wife Gabriela, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), for Valentine's Day, at a cemetery in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, U.S., February 14, 2021.
A worker and an empty hospital bed are seen outside a 50-bed field hospital for COVID-19 patients under construction at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center as the coronavirus disease outbreak continues in Orange, California, U.S., December 27, 2020.
Helen Tyler wears a mask at the funeral of her nephew Gregory Blanks, 50, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in San Felipe, Texas, U.S., January 26, 2021.
Florence Bolton, 85, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient, lies in her intensive care bed as family members attempt to FaceTime her at Roseland Community Hospital on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 1, 2020.
A deceased person lies on a gurney at an L.A. County Medical Examiner-Coroner (DEMC) secondary temporary refrigerated storage facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) decedents in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 27, 2021. Picture taken January 27, 2021. County of Los Angeles/Handout via REUTERS.
Healthcare workers treat patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., December 28, 2020.
A woman lifts a funeral display into a car in the flower district as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, ahead of Valentine's Day in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 4, 2021.
El Paso County Medical Examiner's Office staff roll bodies that are in bags labeled "Covid" from refrigerated trailers into the morgue office amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. November 23, 2020.
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, disinfects the room where a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient died in the intensive care unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 1, 2020.
Family members and loved ones of Jose Garcia, who died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), cry as he is laid to rest at the San Jose Cemetery in La Mesa, New Mexico, U.S., December 22, 2020. Picture taken December 22, 2020. Justin Hamel/Handout via REUTERS
Gabriel Cervera calls the family of a patient who died, as healthcare personnel work inside a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., December 12, 2020.
Critical care workers insert an endotracheal tube into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, February 11, 2021.
Dr. Eileen Sprys, front, and registered nurse Mary Bond, hug each other at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa, Texas, U.S., December 17, 2020.
Teresa Nguyen, a respiratory therapist, treats a patient inside a room for people with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a hospital in Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S., November 20, 2020.
Dr. Joseph Varon, 58, the chief medical officer at United Memorial Medical Center, hugs Christina Mathers, 43, a nurse from his team who became infected with COVID-19, at United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Houston, Texas, U.S., July 25, 2020. Mathers was told she tested positive for COVID-19 after she reported feeling ill during one of her shifts. "That's the hardest thing to ever hear... It messes with you," said Mathers, who has been working every other day since April 29. "But I wouldn't go anywhere else but here." REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
Hospital workers in protective equipment are seen behind a fence as they move the body of a deceased person to a temporary morgue outside Brooklyn Hospital Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 24, 2020.
Drone pictures show bodies being buried on New York's Hart Island where the department of corrections is dealing with more burials overall, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in New York City, U.S., April 9, 2020.
Jessica Holguin, 25, (L) comforts her younger sister Natalie Holguin (R) at the viewing service of their father Jose Holguin, 50, originally from the Dominican Republic and who died of complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at International Funeral & Cremation Services in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 16, 2020.
The USNS Comfort passes the Statue of Liberty as it enters New York Harbor during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, U.S., March 30, 2020.
Nurses Sasha Dubois and Farah Fevrin kneel for the 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence during a vigil at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where many coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients have been treated, against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 5, 2020.
Signs made by prisoners pleading for help are seen on a window of Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 7, 2020, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
Alisha Narvaez, 36, the manager and Nicole Warring, 33, a Resident Funeral Director at International Funeral & Cremation Services, a funeral home in Harlem, carry a deceased person into the basement area, where bodies are stored and prepared for funeral services, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
An El Paso County Sheriff's Officer tries to block photographs from being taken as bodies are moved to refrigerated trailers, deployed during a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths, outside the County of El Paso Medical Examiners Office in El Paso, Texas, U.S. November 16, 2020.
Aracely Iraheta touches the casket of her husband, Jose Agustin Iraheta, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Malden, Massachusetts, U.S., May 12, 2020.
Healthcare workers transfer the body of a deceased person onto a stretcher at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., April 8, 2020.
REACT EMS paramedics wearing protective gear load a potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient for transport in Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S. April 2, 2020.
Refrigerated tractor trailers used to store bodies of deceased people are seen at a temporary morgue, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., May 13, 2020.
A Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, altar honoring 1,308 UFCW Local 770 grocery, drug store, and food processing essential union workers who have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 26, 2020.
Demonstrators against U.S. President Donald Trump protest for him to resign, during a march to honor people who have died during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 21, 2020.
Healthcare personnel prepare to discharge a patient who had been quarantining after a possible exposure to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a hospital in Lakin, Kansas, U.S., November 19, 2020.
Britta Brennan Emergency nurse and Arvind Suguness, MD, Pulmonary, Sleep, and Critical Care pose for a portrait in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2020.
Healthcare workers walk through the Texas Medical Center during a shift change as cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spike in Houston, Texas, U.S., July 8, 2020.
Co-director of the intensive care unit at CommonSpirit's Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, 35, who is seven months pregnant, removes a tracheostomy tube from COVID-19 patient Vicente Arredondo, 65, in the intensive care unit at the hospital where she works, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 18, 2020. "Yay, you did it, you are officially liberated!" said Anklesaria to Arredondo after she removed the tube. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
A New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer stands by as workers secure a van full of bodies of deceased people, during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Andrew Cleckley Funeral Home in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 29, 2020.
A woman covers boxes containing human remains before a prayer service at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, held to bless the ashes of Mexicans who have died during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but could not have a funeral Mass or burial, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., July 11, 2020.
Pictures of Metro Detroit residents, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), line the street during a drive through memorial, on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. September 1, 2020.
A healthcare worker sits on a bench near Central Park in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., March 30, 2020.
Fiana Tulip poses for a portrait with a photo of her mom on her phone amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 10, 2021.
Samantha Emanuel reacts while viewing the body of her father, Samuel Emanuel Jr., 55, who died from complications from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a private viewing held for the family at Pryority Funeral Experience, in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
Funeral Director Omar Rodriguez looks over caskets of bodies at the Gerard J. Neufeld funeral home during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the borough of Queens, New York, U.S., April 26, 2020.
Lawrence Ginsberg, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient, is treated by critical care workers before being transferred out of the intensive care unit (ICU), after spending nearly a month in the COVID pod of the ICU, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Gavin Roberts wears his father's police hat as he looks at the flag-draped casket of his father, Glen Ridge Police Department officer Charles Roberts, at his funeral service, after the 45-year-old father of three died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S., May 14, 2020.
Debbie de los Angeles, holds a photograph of her mother Twilla Morin who died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, while posing for a portrait at her home in Monroe, Washington, U.S., March 23, 2020.
A coyote walks past graveside mourners at the biggest cemetery in North America as it struggles under a backlog of coronavirus-related burials, with the usual 5-7 day wait period after death now stretched to more than a month at Rose Hill Memorial Park and Mortuary, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in California, U.S., January 26, 2021.
A healthcare worker checks on patients inside an oxygen tent outside the emergency room at the Community Hospital of Huntington Park during a surge in positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Huntington Park, California, U.S. December 29, 2020.
Michael Neel, funeral director of of All Veterans Funeral and Cremation, wearing full PPE, looks at the U.S. flag on the casket of George Trefren, a 90 year old Korean War veteran who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a nursing home, in Denver, Colorado, U.S. April 23, 2020.
Lila Blanks is comforted by her friend Nikki Wyatt, her son Brandon Danas, 17, and her daughter Bryanna Danas, 14, as she reacts by the casket of her husband, Gregory Blanks, 50, who died from complications from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ahead of his funeral in San Felipe, Texas, U.S., January 26, 2021. Blanks ran a heating and air conditioning business in the Houston area. He was a huge fan of the Dallas Cowboys football team. In keeping with current restrictions to prevent infections, only a limited number of family and friends were able to attend the burial at San Felipe Community Cemetery. Clad in a face mask sporting the logo of her husband's company, Blanks' wife Lila solemnly watched as some of Pryor's workers lowered the casket into the ground. "We need to all do what we need to do to get over it," she said. "So it'll be over and we don't keep burying our husbands, our children, our mothers, our fathers." REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
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