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. "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. Ataudes Chao had to hire six new permanent workers over the past ten days to increase production capacity, an almost 25% increase in the workforce.