One of SA's biggest funeral parlours has started converting shipping containers into mobile mortuaries in anticipation of a spike in Covid-19 related deaths
Avbob manager Vusi Dladla inside one of the shipping containers his company is converting into mortuaries to keep up with demand.One of SA's biggest funeral parlours has begun converting shipping containers into mobile mortuaries in anticipation of a spike in Covid-19-related deaths.
“With the Covid-19 rise in infections, our factory decided to convert these containers into mobile mortuaries. We've decided to build these units so that if there is a huge spike in mortality, then we can deal with it,” Dladla said. On July 18, Covid-19 cases in Gauteng were 128,604, with 58,512 recoveries and 956 deaths. Last week, health minister Zweli Mkhize warned that the number of hotspots was increasing drastically.Hotspots are areas with more than five infected people per 100,000, or where new infections are increasing at a fast pace. At the beginning of the lockdown, the government projected that infections would peak in September.
“This included other associations as well. We wanted to complete the process by last month but could not do so. We are hoping that by the end of this month we should have an idea of what we have in Gauteng and other regions.”
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