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Funeral services shortened due to Covid-19 deaths

Funeral services shortened due to Covid-19 deaths

A rescue worker is being sprayed with disinfectant before a funeral of a person who died from the coronavirus disease at Wat Rat Prakong Tham in Nonthaburi on Wednesday. (AFP photo)

Rescue workers dressed in protection gear hoist a gleaming coffin to a temple’s crematorium — a fast-tracked process that is a departure from the tradition of days-long funerals as the kingdom grapples with a Covid-19 outbreak.

Bangkok has been the epicentre of the country’s third wave, with authorities struggling to contain the outbreak…

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