For this year's Day of the Dead celebration, Leamington's Mexican consulate is honouring two Mexican migrant workers who died in the region after contracting COVID-19. In its Day of the Dead shrine, a group with the local Mexican consulate has added in photos of Bonifacio Eugenio-Romero and Rogelio Muñoz Santos — two migrant workers who died this summer in Windsor-Essex after falling ill with COVID-19. Day of the dead shrine in Leamington is available for people to come visit at the Mexican consulate in Leamington by appointment. Lots of work still to do to keep migrant workers safeAs the community commemorates those who have died, the consul of Mexico in Leamington Alberto Bernal told CBC News there is still lots left to do and learn about how to best keep migrant workers safe from COVID-19. Bonifacio Eugenio-Romero (left) and Rogelio Muñoz Santos (right) are the two migrant workers from Windsor-Essex who died after contracting COVID-19.

Source: CBC News October 23, 2020 23:26 UTC