In Pictures: Burying COVID-19 victims on Peru’s hilltop cemetery
4 years, 7 months ago

In Pictures: Burying COVID-19 victims on Peru’s hilltop cemetery

Al Jazeera  

As the number of COVID-19 deaths in Peru rapidly mounts, the Virgen de Lourdes cemetery has become a monument to the pandemic’s devastating toll among the poor. The cemetery is among the biggest in the world – with more than a million tombs – and it is located in one of Lima’s most impoverished neighbourhoods. Now, with COVID-19’s escalating death toll, the cemetery is becoming even more gargantuan. Known among locals as Nueva Esperanza Cemetery – or New Hope Cemetery – the graveyard was built in the 1960s and later filled with the remains of Peruvians who died after migrating to Lima in escape of a brutal war against Shining Path fighters.

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Brazil: Cemetery monument commemorates COVID-19 victims
4 years, 3 months ago

Brazil: Cemetery monument commemorates COVID-19 victims

Associated Press  

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Venezuelan does funerals alone in Peru cemetery amid virus
4 years, 5 months ago

Venezuelan does funerals alone in Peru cemetery amid virus

Associated Press  

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In Pictures: Gravediggers in Mexico, the pandemic’s ‘last link’
4 years, 6 months ago

In Pictures: Gravediggers in Mexico, the pandemic’s ‘last link’

Al Jazeera  

Gravediggers and crematorium workers in Mexico are struggling to keep up the pace as the country registers escalating coronavirus death numbers while gradually easing some restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Workers at the San Lorenzo Tezonco municipal cemetery on Mexico City’s east said in interviews with The Associated Press news …

‘This is war': Virus charges beyond Latin American hot spots
4 years, 7 months ago

‘This is war': Virus charges beyond Latin American hot spots

Associated Press  

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Corpses Lie For Days As Ecuador Struggles To Keep Up With COVID-19 Deaths
4 years, 9 months ago

Corpses Lie For Days As Ecuador Struggles To Keep Up With COVID-19 Deaths

NPR  

Corpses Lie For Days As Ecuador Struggles To Keep Up With COVID-19 Deaths Enlarge this image toggle caption Marcos Pin Mendez/Picture alliance via Getty Imagees Marcos Pin Mendez/Picture alliance via Getty Imagees Ecuador is one of the smallest countries in South America but it is dealing with one of the region's worst outbreaks of COVID-19, with more than 3,100 identified …

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