Coronavirus: How Covid-19 is denying dignity to the dead in Italy
Andrea has been an undertaker for 30 years, just like his father before him. He says small things are usually important for the bereaved.
Relatives still try to pass on handwritten notes, family heirlooms, drawings and poems in the hope they will buried alongside their mother or father, brother or sister, son or daughter.The deaths have overwhelmed Italy's funeral industry But many undertakers are now in quarantine themselves. Some have had to close their business. A big worry is that those who handle the dead don't have sufficient masks or gloves."But when we run out, we will not be able to operate. And we are one of the biggest funeral homes in the country. I can't even imagine how the rest are coping."
Whenever he can, he tries to avoid that. So he drives to a church with the coffin in the car, opens the boot, and asks a priest to perform a blessing there and then.Italy's mortuary industry is overwhelmed and the number of dead keeps rising. Almost 7,000 people have been killed by the virus so far - more than any other country in the world.Hospital morgues in northern Italy are inundated.Caskets are piling up in churches.
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