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South African coffin-maker saw COVID-19 at work and at home

by Associated Press
| October 5, 2020 12:03 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The coffin-maker knew death too well. The boxes were stacked in his echoing workshop like the prows of ships waiting for passengers. COVID-19 was turning his business upside down.

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