The rise of Covid-19 deaths in Nyeri County has resulted in to shortage of hearses.
According to the majority of those making coffins at furniture marts in Nyeri town, the business is booming and they are unable to meet some orders.
Speaking to KNA at the business site, Joseph Muriithi said that the rate at which people were succumbing is alarming yet some people are flouting the Ministry of Health guidelines.
Muriithi said that there is a traffic of people booking for coffins where in a day they are getting more than 300 people and before mid-July this year, they were only getting less than 100 people.
“What I can say now is to urge our people to continue observing the guidelines given by the Ministry of Health as we are losing a lot of people,” said Muriithi.
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