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Neighbors reject graves in collapsed Bolivian cemetery for fear of contagion

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Cochabamba (Bolivia), Jul 3 (EFE) .- Neighbors near a cemetery in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba blocked the passage to the churchyard, in refusal to open more graves and expand the crematorium for those killed by COVID-19, despite its collapse resulting in families living with the coffins waiting to be buried or cremated.(CAMERA: Claudio Ábrego)

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