African Cemeteries Are Seeing Enormous Spikes in COVID-19 Burials

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African Cemeteries Are Seeing Enormous Spikes in COVID-19 Burials

ABUJA, Nigeria—Since the start of the year, Zimbabwe’s oldest cemetery has been extremely busy. Gravediggers are having to dig over a dozen graves on a daily basis at the Warren…

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Coronavirus South Dakota

Area cemeteries honor fallen heroes on Memorial Day

STURGIS, S.D. — On this Memorial Day, the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis is holding a ceremony to honor those who lost their lives while serving our country. After…

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Coronavirus Arizona

Veterans cemeteries go virtual for Memorial Day services this year | Cronkite News

Memorial Day traditions, like “flag-in” ceremonies in this 2015 file photo from Arlington National Cemetery, were still observed at veterans’ cemeteries this year, but with socially distanced gravesite visits and,…

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Coronavirus Wisconsin

Military funeral honors banned at cemeteries

Meg Jones Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 10:17 PM EDT Apr 15, 2020 Veterans cemeteries are quiet, more so now than ever. No three-volley salutes from rifles fired by honor guards. No…

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Coronavirus Wisconsin

Military funeral honors banned at cemeteries

Meg Jones Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 10:17 PM EDT Apr 15, 2020 Veterans cemeteries are quiet, more so now than ever. No three-volley salutes from rifles fired by honor guards. No…

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Coronavirus Wisconsin

Military funeral honors banned at cemeteries

Meg Jones Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 10:17 PM EDT Apr 15, 2020 Veterans cemeteries are quiet, more so now than ever. No three-volley salutes from rifles fired by honor guards. No…

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Global COVID-19

Italy sees wartime-era stress at hospitals — and cemeteries

In parts of Italy, the coronavirus means the local cemetery keeps its crematorium running 24 hours, the newspaper adds far more obituary space than normal and families yearn to touch…

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