translated from Spanish: This must make families to repatriate Mexicans killed by COVID

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) published a guide for the disposal of bodies of connationals who die abroad from COVID-19 and that their relatives wish to smoke or cremate in national territory.
Due to the measures of coronavirus containment that each country is implementing, the Chancellery recommended to relatives of connationals that the disposition of bodies be through cremation as this can facilitate their management without putting the population at risk.
“The final arrangement of the corpse should preferably be by cremation since ashes represent a lower health risk and also a lower financial cost.
“However, in case the family opts for burial in Mexico, the funeral home in the country where the death occurred must comply with the guidelines of general and mass handling of corpses by COVID-19 in Mexico.”
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The Chancellery also requested that the judydoes have all the necessary documentation so that funeral services can work on the repatriation of corpses in accordance with the guidelines established by the health authorities in the country.
It explained that constant communication with the embassies and consulates of Mexico should be made so that, in the event of losing a family member from the infection, it would be easily traceable and repatriated to any point in the Republic.

The federal agency asked the victims’ relatives to observe the process of repatriating the bodies of Mexicans killed abroad.
For example, it requests that it be verified whether the funeral home that will receive the body in Mexico has the sanitary measures for its management.
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If the body is required to be transported by air, verify that the airline permits the transfer of human remains or ashes of persons killed by COVID-19.
It also asks to be informed of state provisions for the handling of corpses, as some federal entities have arranged only for the reception of ashes and not of remains for burial.
The Chancellery also reported that it is able to provide financial support for those family members who demonstrate insolvency to move the body or to embalm or cremate it. However, she was emphatically noting that she cannot afford religious ceremonies or additional services.
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