Saxony Undertakers is missing in the Corona-crisis protective equipment. “It is critical, as we must in many facilities only with full protective equipment,” said Tobias Wenzel, the head of the Guild of undertakers Guild of Saxony. In spite of a large donation of hand disinfectants, protective masks and suits were lacking in the Establishments to be able to work as a mortician in a safe manner.
The undertaker push, therefore, to be in Saxony, as the system considered relevant. Hygiene items will be delivered according to currently namely the priority of system-relevant occupational groups. With the recognition of the undertaker as the system would be relevant also regulated the care of children of employees, explained Wenzel. You would then be entitled to a emergency care.
According to the Federal Association of German undertakers of the profession is, as yet, only in a few länder, such as Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Bremen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Thuringia as relevant to the system.
With the measures to curb the spread of Sars-CoV-2 have also changed the funerals themselves. Burials are allowed according to the General available in Saxony only in the fresh air and in the closest family circle, a maximum of 15 persons. “The members take it,” said Wenzel, who operates a funeral home in Marienberg (Erzgebirge district).
However, old traditions are suddenly feasible: Many of the Deceased were rooted in societies whose members were usually at the funeral part, also neighbors accompanied the dead, usually on the last way. Because of the limitations of only a few people are currently at the grave. Normally about 50 people attend funerals in small towns and villages, said Wenzel.
in Part, the funeral would be postponed appointments, said Wenzel. Just in the past few days, it had many members but it is important to take before Easter, good-bye. They would take the restrictions.
That a corona-induced increase in death, the mortician in Saxony, not in front of problems, fears Wenzel. “Seasonal fluctuations, there are always,” he said. The Guild of enterprises in Saxony are well-positioned. “I trust my colleagues,” said the chief master of the Guild.
dpa
