Tong showing a material sample of the cardboard coffin at his factory in Hong Kong. Photos: Kin Cheung/AP
Hong Kong’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak has cost about 6,000 lives this year – and the city is now running out of coffins.
Authorities have scrambled to order more, with the government saying 1,200 coffins had reached the city recently with more to come.
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