The cremations of the dead in Kiev have doubled since the summer as a result of the latest wave of coronavirus affecting Ukraine, as the percentage of vaccinated citizens of the country remains very low, the only incinerator in the capital told the French Agency.
“In the summer, we had about 60 incinerations on average (per day). Today, we have 100 with 120The crematorium spokesman Andrei Yastchenko told AFP.
In October, more than 2.800 incinerations, including 600 people who died from Covid-19, he said, against 1.400 in August.
Besides, journalists of the French Agency saw today two funeral processions in front of the Kiev incinerator, an imposing concrete building located in the historic cemetery in the Baikove district, near the city center.
During each incineration, dense gray smoke was emitted from the building, covering part of the cemetery.
With masks on their faces, relatives of the deceased handed out candles in front of the building, carrying white vans. new coffins, which were quickly transported inside the building.
Due to the contagion of the virus, religious services and ceremonies with open coffins inside the incinerator are prohibited for people who have died from Covid-19, Yastchenko explained.
As a result of the large number of deaths, the incinerator remains open more hours over the past few weeks, sometimes until midnight, he added.
2nd in the world ranking of daily deaths in the last 24 hours, Ukraine
With 442 coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours, Ukraine, with a weakened public health system, second country in the world with the most daily deaths due to the virus, behind Russia (1.211), broadcasts by ΑΠΕ ΜΠΕ.
The country is facing the worst wave of the pandemic for weeks, exacerbated by the most contagious variant of Delta and people’s distrust of vaccines, notes Reuters.
Vaccination accelerated him October under pressure from authorities who imposed restrictions on the unvaccinated.
However, to date, just the 28% of Ukrainians has received two doses of vaccine against Covid, said the Minister of Health Victor Liasco in his statements today.
This afternoon the president Volodymyr Zelensky announced that all Ukrainians vaccinated against Covid-19 will receive 1,000 hryvnia ($ 38).
In total, the country of almost 45 million inhabitants has registered 3.2 million cases of the new coronavirus, including more than 77,000 deaths.
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