Covid 19 coronavirus: Live-streaming becoming the new normal at funerals
17 Feb, 2021 11:00 PM
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Elliots Funeral Home director and assistant manager Kylie Sprague. Photo / George Novak
Covid-19 has permanently affected the way funerals are run as operators note a spike in live-streaming and a decrease in ceremony sizes. And there may not be an end in sight with recent alert level changes prompted by new community Covid-19 cases.
According to funeral directors, some families are finding the financial strains brought on by a death crippling . Others are having small ceremonies and make plans for a larger memorial at a later date only to abandon those plans.
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