Coffin-makers can’t keep up as Covid-19 takes its toll on France
France has world’s fourth highest death toll from the coronavirus and funeral parlours are busy as the body count increases
03 April 2020 - 13:31
Jussey/Paris — Two hauliers load their lorries with what is fast becoming a precious commodity in France as the coronavirus pandemic takes its dreadful toll: coffins.
While most businesses have shut their doors as part of a national lockdown designed to slow the spread of the disease, the coffin-making factory in the sleepy town of Jussey in northeastern France can barely keep up with the orders...
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