Temporary mortuary on Birmingham mosque car park

Dozens of coffins are stacked up inside a temporary morgue on a Birmingham mosque’s car park.

The temporary mortuary, which is open to all faiths, has opened at Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif, in Small Heath, because of an increase in deaths due to Covid-19.

It is on the car park of the mosque in Golden Hillock Road and has the capacity for 150 bodies. Marquees and cooler units have been brought in.

Volunteers helping to run the sombre facility say the operation is being funded entirely by the mosque’s own finances.

They say morale there is “as expected” during these difficult times

And they also say they are now holding four to five funerals every day, so virulent is Covid-19 amongst the local community.