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S.Africa’s funeral parlours turn to makeshift mortuaries as virus deaths rise

S.Africa’s funeral parlours turn to makeshift mortuaries as virus deaths rise

EMMA RUMNEY BEHIND Monageng Legae's funeral parlour in the South African township of Soweto sits a refrigerated shipping container made to store chilled goods. Now it stores bodies. Funeral businesses like Legae's Sopema Funerals have taken such measures to cope with the influx of bodies into their morgues as South Africa's coronavirus cases rise above half a million, with deaths at around 9,000. Surrounded by coffins in his showroom and wearing a protective mask and visor, Legae told Reuters that he handled 85 funerals in June and 75 in July, compared with 30 a month this time last year. The…
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