Manila crematorium handles extra volume during COVID-19 pandemic

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Manila crematorium handles extra volume during COVID-19 pandemic

Before the coronavirus outbreak, burial was the norm in the Philippines

Published: May 03, 2020 11:33 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor and inputs from AFP

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Copy of 884505-01-08-1588490989467 — A worker in a protective suit, used due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, waits outside the crematorium facility as the cremation process takes some two hours in Manila. Most of the Philippines is under quarantine to contain the spread of the coronavirus that has infected over 7,000 people and killed at least 500 in the country. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 884504-01-08-1588490987497 — Crematorium personnel wearing protecting suits carry a cadaver inside a crematorium facility in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 884498-01-08-1588490985324 — A worker (C) cleans the crematory furnace as a personnel in protective suits look on in preparation for the next cadaver to be cremated at a crematorium facility in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 884497-01-08-1588491010663 — A worker (behind) cleans a crematory furnace as a member of staff (R) in a protective suit looks on in preparation for the next cadaver at a crematorium facility in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 884496-01-08-1588491008643 — A worker in a protective suit checks the cremation chamber through a small peephole in the furnace at a crematorium facility. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 884495-01-08-1588491006546 — A worker in a protective suit looks at a casket which was used to transport a deceased person. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 884493-01-08-1588491004372 — Workers in protective suits wait outside a crematorium facility as the cremation process takes some two hours. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 884492-01-08-1588491002177 — A worker in protective suit checks on the chamber at a crematory facility in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 884491-01-08-1588491000162 — A funeral van driver wearing a face mask passes by the crematorium facility in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 886371-01-08-1588490993749 — Personnel in protective suits prepare to move a body inside the crematory chambers at a crematorium facility in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 859052-01-08-1588490997972 — A priest blesses the body of a probable COVID-19 victim before it is cremated at a facility in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 859051-01-08-1588490995805 — A priest blesses the body of a probable COVID-19 victim before it is cremated. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 884807-01-08-1588490991634 — Children run past used caskets at a crematorium facility in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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