The mourning of a loved one during Covid

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In a cemetery in Strasbourg, in eastern France, on November 1, 2020. AFP - FREDERICK FLORIN

By: Laurence Théault

5 mins

The Covid-19 epidemic raging in France and around the world has turned mourning and the funeral rites that accompany it upside down.

The barrier measures - restricted ceremonies, inability to see the body, funerals and burials postponed - as well as the travel restrictions desired by the government obviously complicate the farewell to a loved one, whether or not he is sick with Covid-19.

Paying homage to him after his death is also more difficult.

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Our journalist gathered the testimony of several people affected by the death of a loved one during this health crisis.

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