Hong Kong –
Wave corona virus (COVID-19) which continues to hit Hong Kong overwhelm funeral service providers. The supply of wooden coffins is running low as local authorities rush to increase the number of morgues in the face of the sheer number of deaths from Corona.
As reported ReutersWednesday (6/4/2022), corpses filled local funeral homes as the fifth wave of Corona that hit Hong Kong this year was reported to have triggered a total of more than 1 million cases and more than 8,000 deaths.
The sight of bodies piling up in emergency rooms, even next to patients, has shocked many in the crowded local morgue.
“I’ve never seen so many bodies piled together,” said Lok Chung, 37, a local funeral services director, who has worked non-stop with about 40 funerals held by his side in March — an increase from an average of 15 each year. the month.
“I’ve never seen a family member so upset, so disappointed, so helpless,” he told Reuters.
Chung added that the long wait in processing death documents also hampered its performance. Last week, he had to rush from the morgue to take care of funeral arrangements for Corona patients.
Chung said that the family of a woman who died on March 1 still had to wait for documents to retrieve her body.
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