The funeral home's staff meet with families wearing masks now.
But they've been able to secure sufficient supplies for the months ahead. Wujek-Calcaterra has buried 20 COVID-19 victims in the last month more, they know, will come.Ī few weeks ago, the funeral homes were running perilously low on body bags, shields, masks, and Tyvek suits, the same equipment hospital workers require.
Regardless, Wujek-Calcaterra doesn't have the capacity to shelter human remains for the up-to-14 days of quarantine survivors exposed to the virus may have to endure before even a small viewing or visitation is possible (Calcaterra says that he refers any families that prefer to wait until it is safe to hold a viewing to funeral homes that have more capacity). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said with proper precautions, it was fine. In the first days of the crisis, there was conflicting guidance: the World Health Organization said it wasn't safe to embalm someone who has died from COVID-19, but the U.S. View Gallery: Funeral homes and families adjust to new normal under COVID-19 pandemic
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