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‘HUMAN REMAINS POUCHES’

Pentagon Plans to Provide 100,000 Body Bags for Coronavirus Deaths

Optimistic projections foresee at least 100,000 Americans dying from COVID-19.

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The Pentagon is looking to provide 100,000 military body bags for civilian use in the coming months of the coronavirus, Bloomberg reports. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has requested the bags, known officially as “Human Remains Pouches,” in response to the disease’s outbreak as new models predict that at least 100,000 Americans will die of the disease. The green nylon bags, 94 inches by 38 inches, are typically used in war zones, according to Bloomberg.

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