Funeral Facilities Stretched Thin as COVID-19 Deaths Rise with Omicron Wave

SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Funeral-related facilities across Seoul have been crowded as deaths related to COVID-19 have risen sharply amid the recent wave of the omicron variant, industry sources said Thursday. Daily virus death cases in South Korea, which had remained under the 100 mark last month, spiked up to 128 on March [...]