“There are more expenses for us with the virus. It’s also not easy now because we have to provide people with PPE, and it also comes at another expense. It's equipment that is pricey. As a business we also have to figure out and find a way around having the equipment and making sure that families are able to view when they want to,” he said.Pontsho Phetla, 34, a mortuary assistant at the funeral parlour, said working with Covid-19 deaths was a challenge.
“At times I fear for [my family] — what if I am also being infected with the virus and then I end up infecting them?” “The virus is real, it is there. We have multiple cases of Covid that we have admitted here, but we are so privileged that we are protected. There hasn’t been any Covid-19 case reported in this company since we admitted the first Covid-19 body,” he said.
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