Biggest Czech crematorium overwhelmed by pandemic deaths
(World News Cezch Republic)

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — All three cremation chambers are working round the clock, while storage capacity for caskets has been repeatedly boosted. Despite all the efforts, the Czech Republic`s biggest crematorium, in the northeastern city of Ostrava, has been overwhelmed by mounting numbers of pandemic victims. On Thursday, cars from funeral companies delivered caskets every few minutes, some with “COVID” written on them. These days, the crematorium receives more than 100 coffins daily, about double its maximum cremation capacity. With new confirmed COVID-19 infections around record highs, the situation looks set to worsen. Authorities in Ostrava have been speeding up plans to build a...