FILE - In this July 21 2020 file photo, funeral home workers in protective suits carry the coffin of a woman who died from COVID-19 into a hearse in Katlehong, near Johannesburg, South Africa. A South African funeral is usually an elaborate affair, often held on a Saturday, with family members and other mourners traveling from around the country, holding overnight vigils and washing the body. These days COVID-19 burials have to be held within four days, in the absence of relatives and friends and mourners being limited to fifty. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
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