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Andhra govt to give Rs 15,000 for funeral expenses of COVID-19 victims
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday announced a financial assistance of Rs 15,000 for the last rites of those who die of coronavirus.
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Workers at Nigambodh Ghat crematorium ensure dignity in death to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): With Delhi reeling under the impact of second wave of COVID-19 which has seen rise in fatalities, the workers at city crematoriums have their hands full. They continue to serve in high risk of exposure to coronavirus by assisting families in performing the
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Ashes of cremated Covid-19 victims pile up at Ghazipur crematorium as rela
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Ashes of Covid-19 victims who were cremated are piling up at the Ghazipur crematorium here as relatives are hesitant to collect them due to the fear of contracting infection, said the chief priest and cremation manager.
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Delhi Police helps people in performing last rites of COVID-19 victims
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Amid a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, the Delhi Police is going an extra mile to help citizens in distress and is helping in cremating people who died due to coronavirus.
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Delhi police perform final rites of COVID-19 victims on humanitarian groun
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Amid a grave COVID-19 situation in the national capital, the Delhi Police on Monday performed the last rites of two persons who succumbed to the virus on humanitarian grounds in Dwarka.
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Team of Muslim men in Pune bury, cremate bodies of unclaimed, COVID-19 vic
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 22 (ANI): Ever since the COVID-19 outbreak last year, a group of Muslim men in Pune have been performing cremation and burial of abandoned and unclaimed corpses of COVID-19 victims.
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Meet Varsha Verma, who ferries bodies of COVID-19 victims to graveyards fo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 22 (ANI): Outside the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Lucknow, a woman wearing a PPE kit is seen providing free carriage service for bodies of COVID-19 victims these days.
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COVID-19: Ranchi administration reviews preparations at cremation ground
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 13 (ANI): Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Chitra Ranjan inspected preparations at the cremation ground on Monday at Swarnarekha Ghat in Ghaghra after bodies of COVID-19 victims were piled up at the electric crematorium for two days.
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Lucknow civic body prepares crematoriums to cope with rise in COVID fatali
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 12 (ANI): Amid a spurt in the daily COVID-19 death count, the city municipal corporation has decided to procure more electric crematoriums to make sure families of COVID-19 victims do not face problems in conducting the last rites of their loved ones.
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Sri Lankan govt allows burial of COVID-19 victims
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 26 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Thursday granted permission to bury the bodies of the people who died of COVID-19, local media reported.
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Biden to hold candle lighting ceremony in memory of COVID-19 victims today
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on Monday on the lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic and will hold a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at sundown together with the First Lady, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris and
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South Africa advises citizens against wrapping coffins of COVID-19 victims
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): There is no need to cover the coffins of people who died of COVID-19 in plastic wraps or mark them with biohazard stickers prior to burial, the South African Department of Health said.
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