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Graves dug for coronavirus victims spook South Africans

Mounds of soil mark where graves are dug for victims of coronavirus at the Honingnestkrans cemetery in Pretoria. [AFP]

South Africa authorities sought Thursday to calm fears over coronavirus deaths after health officials in the country's most-populated province said they were ready to bury more than a million people.

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