Italy’s federation of funeral workers held a protest in Rome on Friday demonstrating against a major backlog of coffins caused by the lack of burial plots as the Covid death toll around the country continues to rise.
The demonstration saw undertakers lay wreaths outside Rome’s Temple of Hercules, near the city hall, declaring that they are “sorry” over the inability “to bury your loved ones” due to the growing backlog caused by the country’s 116,000 Covid-related deaths.
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