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Grieving and saying goodbye in the time of coronavirus

Grieving and saying goodbye in the time of coronavirus
5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago Sunday, March 22 2020 Mar 22, 2020 March 22, 2020 10:48 PM March 22, 2020 in News - AP Texas Headlines

By DON BABWIN and AMY TAXIN
Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - The coronavirus that has upended nearly every element of public life also has dramatically changed the way people grieve for the dead.  Ministers have closed their doors to funerals. Fear of quarantine has prevented families from flying in to pay their last respects. Cemeteries have drastically altered what they do out of fear that some mourners who don't know they are infected with coronavirus might infect others. And elderly people who have lost spouses can't hug or so much as be in the same room with their children and grandchildren at the exact time they need them most.

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