Pentagon to send mortuary services personnel to New York

The U.S. military said on Monday it was looking to send mortuary affairs personnel to New York as part of the U.S. government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

"We did receive a mission assignment from FEMA for (a) mortuary affairs support team for New York and we're in the process of sourcing some personnel," Major General Jeff Taliaferro, vice director for operations at the Joint Staff, told a group of reporters, referring to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.