MADRID: While most Spanish companies are shut amid the coronavirus pandemic, coffin-making firm Ataudes Chao has been working around the clock and hiring staff to meet unprecedented demand as the national death toll nears 14,000.
Advertisement Advertisement "Our orders have gone up eight-fold," said Maria Chao, CEO of the 110-year-old company specialising in wooden caskets, one of Spain's biggest. "We're distributing about 300 caskets daily, just to meet demand in the Madrid region." Ataudes