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    Burying the victims of COVID-19 pandemic

    Morgues and cemeteries struggle to bury the victims of the new coronavirus


    Published:  April 04, 2020 19:29 Reuters  and  Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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    Gravediggers open new graves as the number of dead rose after the coronavirus disease outbreak at Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Pallbearers wearing protective masks carry the coffin of a woman who died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at her funeral in Seriate, Italy Image Credit: Reuters
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    Relatives wearing face masks stand next to graves of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims at a cemetery area provided by the government in Jakarta, Indonesia. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Coffins of people who have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen in the church of the Serravalle Scrivia cemetery in Italy. Image Credit: Reuters
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    An employee, wearing a protective face mask, prepares a coffin for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim at a funeral logistic center in Ris-Orangis, near Paris, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in France. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Iraqi Shiite volunteers from Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) and members of a medical team wearing protective suits, carry the coffin of a man who passed away due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as they bury him at a new cemetery for victims of coronavirus, on the outskirt of Najaf, Iraq. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Gravediggers wearing protective suits gather at Vila Formosa cemetery, Brazil's biggest cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Funeral parlor employees carry the coffin of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim at a cemetery in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Grave diggers prepare a new grave at a cemetery complex provided by the government for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims in Jakarta, Indonesia. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Roses are pictured on a new grave at a cemetery complex provided by the government for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims in Jakarta, Indonesia. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A worker checks coffins in the parking of a funeral parlour, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Barcelona, Spain. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Municipality workers wearing protective gear bury a victim of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a cemetery area provided by the government in Jakarta, Indonesia. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A funeral vehicle stands in front of a morgue to carry a coffin of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim to a cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A local priest blesses coffins that have been piling up in a church due to a high number of deaths, before they are taken away by military trucks, as Italy struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus disease in Seriate, Italy. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Relatives attend the funeral of a person who died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Chiguayante cemetery, in Concepcion, Chile. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Coffins are seen inside a church in Serina near Bergamo, one of Italy's cities worst-hit by coronavirus disease. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Relatives react next to a coffin of a person who died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the crematorium of La Almudena cemetery during partial lockdown to combat the coronavirus disease in Madrid, Spain. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Rows of burial pits are pictured at a cemetery after the Mayor of Puerto Vallarta Arturo Davalos ordered it in preparation for victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A relative reacts before the burial of the journalist Abdollah Zavieh, who passed away due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Behesht Zahra cemetery in Tehran, Iran. Image Credit: Reuters

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