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Coronavirus: Italy struggles to bury its dead

Army is assisting funeral workers in northern Italy overwhelmed with the numbers of dead

Published: March 24, 2020 13:13 Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 2020-03-23T145515Z_1569611228_RC2QPF9F9N3W_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041089938 — Coffins of people who have died from coronavirus disease are seen in a crematorium in the town of Serravalle Scrivia, which like many places in northern Italy is struggling to cope with the number of deaths from the virus that is growing every day, in Alessandria. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 723590-01-08-1585041061705 — Pallbearers pull the coffin of a deceased person for a funeral ceremony into the cemetery of Grassobbio, Lombardy, in the absence of quarantined relatives. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of AP23-03-2020_000291B-1585041067768 — A worker takes away a coffin in the Crematorium Temple of Piacenza, Northern Italy, saturated with corpses awaiting cremation due to the coronavirus emergency. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-03-22T125723Z_382498474_RC20PF9LESM0_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041113740 — 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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Copy of 2020-03-23T114221Z_1871771643_RC2NPF94DJYW_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041092797 — Workers place a coffin in the ground at a cemetery in Milan. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 700790-01-08-1585041077962 — Coffins aligned in a tent at the Bergamo hospital, Lombardy . Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 682247-01-08-1585041128246 — Undertakers wearing a face mask carry a coffin out of a hearse at the Monumental cemetery of Bergamo, Lombardy, as burials of people who died of the new coronavirus are being conducted at the rythm of one every half hour. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-23T112734Z_1030718917_RC2NPF9TT344_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041096225 — Workers arrive a cemetery, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Milan. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 682715-01-08-1585041121942 — An undertaker wearing a face mask and overalls unloads a coffin out of a hearse at the Monumental cemetery of Bergamo, Lombardy, as burials of people who died of the new coronavirus are being conducted at the rythm of one every half hour. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-23T151314Z_1165166480_RC2RPF9Z44SI_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041083919 — Coffins of people who have died from coronavirus disease are seen in the church of the Serravalle Scrivia cemetery, in Alessandria, Italy. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 722431-01-08-1585041065643 — A priest (L) reads prayers from the book of funeral rites by the coffin of a deceased person in the cemetery of Grassobbio, Lombardy, as pallbearers stand by during a funeral ceremony in the absence of quarantined relatives. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 682708-01-08-1585041125366 — Undertakers wearing a face mask and overalls unload a coffin out of a hearse at the Monumental cemetery of Bergamo, Lombardy. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-23T150423Z_812113020_RC2RPF9LLKDB_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041080667 — Coffins of people who have died from coronavirus disease are seen in the church of the Serravalle Scrivia cemetery, in Alessandria. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 709737-01-08-1585041073537 — A man stands by the coffin of his mother during a funeral service in the closed cemetery of Seriate, near Bergamo, Lombardy. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-23T114147Z_647514908_RC2NPF9G3YLP_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041100202 — Workers dig a hole at a cemetery, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Milan. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 700795-01-08-1585041075822 — Coffins aligned in a chapel in Bergamo, Lombardy prior to be transported for cremation. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Italy_Virus_Outbreak_98509.jpg-228ad-1585041069906 — Roberto Cusimano, owner of San Giuseppe funeral home, left, is flanked by an employee as they prepare documents for transportation of the coffin of Concetta, 73 years old, who died with Coronavirus, at the Multimedica hospital morgue, in Milan. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-03-21T212136Z_508488349_RC2LOF9Y10XN_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041116670 — Cemetery workers and funeral agency workers in protective masks transport a coffin of a person who died from coronavirus disease, into a cemetery in Bergamo. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-23T114145Z_1751738118_RC2NPF98MFN2_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041103473 — Workers dig a hole at a cemetery in Milan.REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-22T125436Z_2077496382_RC20PF99YLRE_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041110607 — Coffins are seen inside a church in Serina near Bergamo, one of the cities worst-hit by coronavirus disease. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Italy_Virus_Outbreak_Italy's_Epicenter_21989.jpg-1b187-1585041119229 — Relatives walk behind a hearse carrying a coffin inside the Monumentale cemetery, in Bergamo, in Italy’s hardest-hit region of Lombardy. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 682334-01-08-1585041131070 — A cemetery employee wearing a face mask closes the gates of the Monumental cemetery of Bergamo, Lombardy, as relatives of a deceased person wait outside, as burials of people who died of the new coronavirus are being conducted at the rythm of one every half hour. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-23T145324Z_1458283086_RC2QPF97COF6_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041086685 — Coffins of people who have died from coronavirus disease are seen in a crematorium in the town of Serravalle Scrivia, in Alessandria, Italy. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-22T124313Z_558598219_RC20PF9VXHT2_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-1585041107069 — Coffins are seen inside a church in Serina near Bergamo, one of the cities worst-hit by coronavirus disease. Image Credit: REUTERS

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