Mosques set up mortuaries to cope with COVID-19
May 3, 2020
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2:52Now PlayingMosques set up mortuaries to cope with COVID-19
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as posted by the channelAt least 10 mosques in the UK have set up temporary mortuaries to cope with the number of deaths from coronavirus.
With large numbers of COVID-19 deaths in cities with large Muslim populations, like Birmingham and London, mosques have been inundated with requests for burials.
One mosque in Birmingham told Sky News they are now carrying out 25 funerals a week because of coronavirus, which is what they would normally do in a year.
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