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Marienberg (dpa / sn) - According to the undertaker's guild, the crematoria in Saxony have reached the "limit of what is feasible" due to the corona pandemic with many deaths.
"Capacity limits have been reached," said Guild Master Tobias Wenzel to the German Press Agency on Wednesday.
Some crematoria also work over the holidays, but there are regional differences.
Ultimately, the leaders of the crematoria would have to decide that.
«I just phoned Chemnitz.
The head of the crematorium there said that her people had worked the weekends and now urgently needed a few days off. "
On Tuesday evening, a message from Zittau had caused unrest.
The city announced that it would have to store corpses outside the crematorium because the capacity was no longer sufficient.
"The big problem now is the holidays, everyone is afraid of that," said Wenzel, summarizing the mood in the undertaker industry.
In principle, burials are also possible: "The Robert Koch Institute does not recommend that infectious dead be cremated."
In Saxony, however, the high proportion of cremations has grown historically.
80 to 90 percent of the dead would be cremated in the Free State.
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Wenzel accused politics of failure.
«The homes should have been better protected.
Most of the deaths we have now come from nursing homes. "
The large amount of money that was put into the development of the Corona-Warnapp should have been put into protecting homes and rapid tests.
Politicians let the summer pass unused.
According to Wenzel, there are ten crematoriums in Saxony with around 1,700 cooling spaces.
They are busy at the moment.
It normally takes five days from admission to the crematorium to cremation, currently there are ten.
Bringing the dead to the Czech Republic or other federal states for cremation is not an option.
The transport would have to be done by truck, which is not compatible with dignity.
The registry offices are currently issuing a preliminary burial certificate so that there are no further delays.