Daily Mail [Zambia]
10 April 2020
Myth delays Mpika graveyard opening
A MYTH stating that an individual who officially opens
a graveyard will be the first to be buried in it has driven fear into the
hearts of Mpika town council officials, especially after the current graveyard
has been declared full. The town council officials are all refusing to declare
the new space identified as an official graveyard, fearing that they will drop
dead and be buried there. Mpika Central Member of Parliament Sylvia Chalikosa
learnt this from District Commissioner Moses Katebe when she called on him at
his office…. [rest behind paywall]
[Secretly use an animal for the first burial: problem
solved.]
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New Indian Express
10 April 2020
Muslim man in Bawana beaten up on suspicion of
spreading coronavirus
NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old Muslim man was allegedly
thrashed by a group of men in Bawana area on suspicion of spreading coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) among the people in the village, said the police. […] “He is
admitted to the hospital. So far, he hasn’t developed any coronavirus
symptoms,” said a senior police official. “There was a rumour that he and some
others were planning to inject saliva in fruits and vegetables and sell them to
people infect them,” said a source. […]
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