Gravediggers and crematorium workers in Mexico are struggling to keep pace as the country registers escalating coronavirus death numbers while gradually easing some restrictions aimed at curbing COVID-19.
Workers at the San Lorenzo Tezonco municipal cemetery on Mexico City’s east side said in interviews with The Associated Press that they have buried more bodies in past weeks than they have ever seen before.
Antonio García said he digs 15 to 20 graves per day now, and has laid to rest more than 500 coronavirus victims.
His weary colleague, Melvin Sanaurio . . .
