Coffin-makers booming as Peru virus deaths soar
The coronavirus pandemic leaves the dreams of many Peruvian small businesses in tatters, but coffin making and funeral services are flourishing
Agence France-Presse
@afp
Published 1:00 PM, June 05, 2020
Updated 10:00 AM, June 08, 2020
LIMA, Peru – As the coronavirus-hit economy of Peru stagnated over the past 3 months, Lima coffin-maker Genaro Cabrera has seen his sales quadruple.
"I never imagined working to such an extreme," Cabrera told Agence France-Presse at his factory in the rundown district of San Juan de Lurigancho.
Together with his wife and a staff of 20, he makes a variety of coffins using wood, pressed cardboard, and steel, demand for which has soared amid a rising COVID-19 death toll.
Peru is the second worst-hit Latin American country after Brazil. With a population of 33 million, it has more than 180,000 infections and over 5,000 deaths.
More:
https://www.rappler.com/business/263171-coffin-makers-booming-peru-coronavirus-deaths-soar
