The sheer number of coronavirus deaths mean those religions with a need for quick burials are having to do things differently.
Eternal Gardens prepared two graves, each 10 metres long and two metres wide, which can provide burials for a total of 40 people.Mr Gomersall said:"Before coronavirus, Eternal Gardens would probably do about five burials a week. We've increased that currently to 30 burials a week. And by introducing thegraves, we'll be able to take that to 50 burials a week. And at the moment, we're anticipating that will last for several weeks to come.
"This is not a mass grave," he said."It is only to accommodate and to ensure that in two days they were able to dig up this grave, whereas imagine digging 10 individual graves, it may take over a week. More than 2,000 people have died from coronavirus in London's hospitals, including 33 year-old Ayoub Akhtar from South London.Mr Akhtar's sister Shaista described the day of the burial as"painfully long".Social distancing means Mr Akhtar's family were not present in person, so they arranged a floral arrangement to accompany him on his final journey. Mr Akhtar's brother Nasser drove to the cemetery gates.
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