Mexico is cremating bodies on an "industrial scale" as the country reels from the coronavirus pandemic which is quickly overwhelming its public services in Mexico City. Disturbing footage has shown thick black smoke running "non-stop" from a crematorium as the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms Mexico City.

In the video report by Sky News, horrifying clips show coffins piling up outside funeral parlours and body bags on trollies filling up unrefrigerated storage rooms. There is a three-day waiting list before Covid-19 fatalities can be taken to the crematorium, according to the report. In another clip, crematorium workers in white hazmat suits unpack a coffin which is wrapped in plastic.

Outside the crematorium, coffins pile up after a busy morning and – despite being removed daily – there are already many in the queue to be destroyed. The fridges are "full" and bodybags have to accumulate on gurneys, according to Sky News. It's impossible to use the investigation tables in one autopsy room that the TV crew filmed – because there are so many bodies there is simply no standing room.

The official number of coronavirus cases in Mexico is 36,327, with 3,573 deaths, according to statistics from the World Health Organisation published today. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has promised that he will re-open Mexico's economy next week.

"What the world knows about Mexico is that we are taming the pandemic and we are basically doing this because Mexican people are making a conscious effort,” Obrador said in a recent press conference.

But footage like this has led to speculation that there are many more coronavirus deaths than reported in the North American country. According to Sky News, data from 30 crematoriums in Mexico City indicates that roughly 600 bodies are being burned every day with a three-day backlog in the city

SOURCE: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/smoke-billows-non-stop-crematorium-22023980