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300 unmarked graves for Coronavirus victims dug out in southern Mexico

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Acapulco, May 23 (EFE).- Given the increase in cases of COVID-19, the Guerrero state government has created 300 mass graves in the coastal city of Acapulco, in southern Mexico, as cemeteries and crematoriums are to the limit of their capacity.(Camea: DENISSE TORRES).FOOTAGE SHOWS COSTRUCTION OF GRAVES FOR COVID-19 VICTIMS IN ACAPULCO, MEXICO, AND A MEDICAL CENTER IN ACAPULCO WITH SIGNS INDICATING IT HAS REACHED MAXIMUM CAPACITY AND THAT THERE ARE NO BEDS AVAILABLE FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS.SOUNDBITES: GERARDO SÁNCHEZ MEZA, DIRECTOR OF BURIAL AND WAKE SERVICES OF ACAPULCO; AND ADELA ROMÁN OCAMPO, MAYOR OF ACAPULCO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: 1.) According to the statistics, if the death toll continues to grow, there will be a little bit of problems. So far we have reached the limit, yes, the limit. Hopefully this situation will be resolved.2.) Of the two cremation centers that we have, one of them is becoming saturated and there is no longer enough supply for the bodies that arrive. For that reason, more graves were made in the cemetery to accommodate the bodies that are also going arriving in greater quantity every day.

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