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Mourning relatives in India rue incomplete funerals caused by COVID-19

Family members are rueing incomplete send-offs of their late loved ones as a result of the pandemic in India. Last rites of the dead are typically an elaborate affair in India, but with the fear of infections from dead bodies of COVID-19 patients, funerals and burials have been condensed with barely a handful of people allowed to attend.