© carlos jasso/ReutersCUAUTITLÁN, Mexico—Mexico is running out of death certificates due to the high death toll brought by the coronavirus pandemic and federal bureaucratic snafus, authorities say, delaying burials. Mr. Aranza, the State of Mexico health official, said the federal government hasn’t sent death certificates for this year despite a request for some 50,000 of them. Although the law calls for death certificates to be issued free, doctors charge between $200 and $400 for a house visit and certificate filling. Gerardo García, owner of Funerales García, a small funeral home in Mexico City, said that death certificates ran out soon after the Covid-19 pandemic hit in March. Doctors and hospitals used old death certificates from 2017, 2018 and 2019 to make up for the shortfall.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 06, 2020 04:18 UTC