Workers in the cemetery of Vila Nova Cachoeirinha in Sao Paulo, Brazil, have had to suspend new burials amid a surge in Covid-19 deaths in the country.

Gravediggers enter tombs to remove the bodies of those buried some time ago, to clear space for the new dead. The footage was filmed on 1 April.

While relocating the dead is common practice in cemeteries around the world, the task has been made more urgent by the increase in new burials, which last week hit a new record for the city.

The World Health Organization has warned that several Brazilian states are in “critical condition”, amid an increasingly out-of-control pandemic.

This footage was filmed and produced 1 April 2021.
Cemetery of Vila Nova Cachoeirinha, in the capital of São Paulo, the second largest in São Paulo Brazil, suspends new burials after an increase in the demand for deaths from the coronavirus. Workers enter the tombs and clean and exhume the bodies to clear the pits for the new dead.