Burial Homes Under Strain as Deaths Surge in South African Hub
Burial Homes Under Strain as Deaths Surge in South African Hub Khuleko Siwele, Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- South Africaâs commercial hub of Gauteng, which includes Johannesburg and Pretoria, risks running out of coffins as Covid-19-related deaths surge. While a third wave of coronavirus cases in South Africaâs worst-affected province may have peaked, fatalities have risen 57% in the past week, data from National Institute of Communicable Diseases show. Funeral parlors are starting to buckle under the strain, according to Nkosi Nare, chairman of the Inner-City Funeral Directors A...
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