Colombia's town of Fusagasuga cemetery to exhume graves to free up space as death toll surges

FUSAGASUGA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 11: Cemetery workers exhume the body of a person buried four years ago at the Nuestra Senora de Belen cemetery, in Fusagasuga, Colombia, February 11, 2021. Four years after burials, remains are routinely exhumated and stored in plastic bags to make room for more burials, which have increased amid the new coronavirus at city of fusagasuga near to the Colombian capital, Since mid-December in the town of Fusagasuga (near to the colombian capital) there has been a significant increase in deaths for COVID-19. The cemetery have an oven installed with high technology for 10 years, but it has not been possible to obtain the license, this has made it difficult for them to use with deceased COVID cases, and they have been buried in the cemetery, but due to the number of people who have pass away the funeral service are collapsing at the cemetery. (Photo by Juancho Torres/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)