123 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded so far in the Eastern Highlands Province within the months of September and October this year. The figure given by the COVID 19 care centre in Goroka stands as of yesterday (Monday, October 18, 2021.) Meanwhile, Eastern Highlands Provincial Health Authority CEO Dr Joseph Apa said the two containers used by the hospital to keep the pile of bodies of people dying from COVID-19 is full to its capacity and they are currently looking at options to accommodate for that. “The main hospital morgue is not going to be used to keep those bodies, we will try to get an additional container to cater for that,” Dr Apa said. “The bodies we’re receiving do not only come from those that pass away in the hospital but from the communities as well and that’s where we have the issue with storage capacity.” He added that the bodies come from all the eight districts of the province. Picture courtesy: EHPHA Media Unit