REVELLO, April 27 — The coffins are sealed directly at the hospital morgue near the tiny Italian town of Revello on the French border. Everyone in Revello understands it is safer that way since so many of those who have died across Italy's pandemic-hit north first contracted the novel...
A funeral takes place on Good Friday as Italy celebrates Easter under lockdown to try and stop the spread of Covid-19 in Venice, Italy April 10, 2020. — Reuters pic
The tradition of families passing by open caskets to say silent farewells to the deceased at churches or at funeral parlours has been abandoned. The real toll is unknown since many of those who pass away in old age are never tested for the virus. And weddings and funerals might soon again involve more than just the pastor and immediate family members.
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