Grave crisis: Municipalities urged to prepare for possible demand
The South African Cemeteries Association (SACA) says municipalities need to prepare for a possible increase in the demand for burials and cremations - should there be a spike in the number of COVID-19 deaths.
SACA's Pepe Daas says burial space is already a challenge in parts of the country.
He says while interventions like contact tracing by the Health Department are working to slow the spread of the virus - municipalities must prepare for any eventuality.
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"We are encouraging them if they had not given this any consideration to think about what they would do and how they would cope given the fact that establishing a cemetery is not the easiest thing to do, there are a whole lot of regulations in place."
The number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 2 415, with the death toll at 27.
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