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Coronavirus outbreak leaves Hong Kong funeral homes facing coffin shortage

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Hong Kong is facing a coffin shortage after the coronavirus outbreak stopped production over the border.Factories in Guangdong province were ordered to close until February 10 to contain the spread of the highly contagious virus, which causes the disease Covid-19.The shortfall has triggered a warning from Hong Kong funeral parlours that stocks could dry up within days.Kwok Hoi-pong, chairman of the Funeral Business Association in Hong Kong, told the Post the temporary ban also covered the…

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