Families of coronavirus victims lament 'lack of control' in Mexico

FILE PHOTO: Relatives react during the funeral of Natalia, 85, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the San Lorenzo Tezonco cemetery, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Mexico City, Mexico August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mourners at a Mexico City cemetery on Thursday lamented a lack of stricter measures to control the novel coronavirus which allowed it to spread fast and claim more than 50,000 lives in their country.

Latin American countries have found it hard to enforce strict lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID-19, in part because a large proportion of its population is poor and works in the informal economy.