In vaccine-wary Latvia, bodies pile up in hospital morgue

Patients undergo coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment at the hospital in Daugavpils, Latvia November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

DAUGAVPILS, Latvia (Reuters) - In an inconspicuous building of the main hospital in the Latvian city of Daugavpils, bags containing the bodies of dead COVID-19 patients lie on the ground of a makeshift morgue, held here as city gravediggers clear space for new graves.

Latvia, one of the least vaccinated countries https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/countries-and-territories/latvia in the European Union, is facing its most severe outbreak of COVID-19 yet. In Daugavpils, where vaccine uptake is especially low, deaths have soared.