|
The end of the line: Laois undertaker on Covid-19 experience and vaccine hope
We meet a lot of people when organising a funeral from the families themselves, to nurses, priests, mortuary attendants and the list goes on. So we are very strict on carrying out all the necessary sanitizing measures so that we don’t contract the virus and most importantly, that we don’t spread it.
|
People joke that we are the end of the line, but realistically we're on the frontline.
The words of Liam Whelehan, from Whelehan & Son Funeral Directors in Stradbally, who believes undertakers should be higher on the priority list for a vaccine. The current roll-out plan classifies them as general public, meaning it could be Autumn before they receive the jab. Mr. Whelehan says the risks of being asymptomatic in his role are huge: |
|
