Funeral home running out of granite for headstones as U.S. COVID-19 deaths reach 500,000
The number of lives lost from COVID-19 in the U.S. reached half a million Monday, with the real total likely even higher. The figure represents roughly one in 670 Americans who died of the virus since the pandemic began in early 2020.
The total reached 300,000 in the first 10 months of the pandemic, with another 200,000 more deaths just since mid-December. This is a horrible landmark that we ve now reached, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on CBS This Morning Monday. And even though the number are coming down, as you you ve shown, on the deflection of cases and hospitalizations, we really can t declare victory quite yet.
Ken McKenzie said traffic to his funeral home has "grown to the point that we actually have to give a reservation code to a family just so that they could be seen."
Russian President’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov calls on Army Chief Gen Qamar Jawed Bajwa at the General Headquarters on Friday. Photo courtesy ISPR
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday re-emphasised Pakistan’s commitment to Afghan peace process.
He was talking to US Centcom Commander Gen Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., who called on him at the General Headquarters.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) quoted Gen Bajwa as having told Gen McKenzie that “Pakistan is committed to efforts for peace in Afghanistan as it is important for peace in Pakistan”.
“Matters of mutual interest and regional security situation with particular reference to ongoing Afghanistan reconciliation process were discussed during the meeting,” said the ISPR.
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