‘Our morgues are full’: Zimbabwe struggles with surge in Covid burials

Pressure on undertakers leads to widespread delays after record number of coronavirus infections and deaths last month

A group of women sing hymns at the cemetery in Harare as undertakers, dressed in Covid-19 protective gear, gently lower a white casket into the grave.

This world is not our home," they sing, as relatives, standing a few metres away, mourn their loss.