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Zimbabwe bans traditional funerals to battle COVID-19 spike

by Farai Mutsaka
| January 11, 2021 5:21 AM

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, battling a spike in new COVID-19 cases, has banned families from transporting their dead relatives between cities, as part of new measures stop traditional funeral rites that are believed to be increasing the spread of the disease.

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