See Footage showing mass graves being dug in Brazil as deaths surge due to Coronavirus (Photos)
Thompson Nsisongabasi
May 01, 2020
Harrowing footage from a Brazilian city hit by the Coronavirus pandemic shows mass graves being dug as authorities struggle with the pandemic.
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Manaus, in north-western Brazil, with a population of 1.7m, is continuing to bury bodies at an alarming rate as deaths surge due to the pandemic.
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A cemetery in the city has seen a 500 per cent increase in the number of bodies it has to bury now compared with before the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Aerial footage of the cemetery shows the scale of burials taking place in the region. Coffins arrive wrapped in plastic film to help stop the spread of the disease.
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The surge of Covid-19 cases in Brazil is spawning fear that construction workers, truck drivers and tourists from Latin America's biggest nation will spread the disease to neighbouring countries that are doing a better job of controlling the coronavirus.
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The country's borders remain open, there are virtually no quarantines or curfews and President Jair Bolsonaro continues to scoff at the seriousness of the disease.
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When questioned about the number of Coronavirus victims in the country, Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, said he "doesn't do miracles".
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"What do you want me to do?ÔÇØ he asked. "I am Messias (his full name is Jair Messias Bolsonaro), but I don't do miracles.ÔÇØ
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There have been at least 79,361 confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil, with 5,511 deaths.
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Earlier this week, it was reported cases of Covid-19 are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as the country veers closer to becoming one of the world's pandemic hot spots.
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At the main Taruma cemetery, a new area has been opened where undertakers were digging rows of graves and now just trenches for five coffins at a time.
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The Taruma mayor's office said the city's funeral system was collapsing and running out of coffins.
In Rio de Janeiro, cemeteries have accelerated construction of above-ground vaults to entomb deceased patients.
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Undertakers in Manaus even resorted to burying coffins one on top of the other this week, but the city stopped the practice after grieving relatives protested.
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— Thompson Nsisongabasi