Due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka, people there are using cardboard coffins for COVID victims. The coffin is made out of recycled paper and costs a sixth of the cheapest wooden one, according to 51-year old Priyantha Sahabandu, the local government official who first came up with the idea.

Sri Lanka turns to affordable cardboard coffins

As Sri Lanka's death toll from COVID-19 surges and wooden coffins are becoming unaffordable many are opting for cardboard coffins. WION brings you a report.

Sri Lanka is battling a new surge of COVID-19 infections driven by the highly contagious Delta Variant of Coronavirus. As the death toll mounts and wooden coffins are becoming unaffordable many are opting for cardboard coffins.

Some Sri Lankans opt for cardboard coffins amid COVID-19 surge

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