How the Pandemic Is Changing Funerals

As the covid-19 pandemic changes the way we live and interact, funerals are changing too. Funeral directors have rapidly responded to calls for social distancing by offering new solutions for funeral services, including livestreaming, recordings, and outdoor funerals with a six-foot buffer between attendees. These new solutions have attracted notice and made headlines around the world. Here’s what newspapers and other news sources are saying about funerals in the age of covid-19.

This page will be updated regularly. Last update: August 17, 2020

Local news

California

• San Francisco Chronicle: The coronavirus means no large funerals, but online services and more remains to store
• Los Angeles Times: How can you grieve without a funeral? As coronavirus restrictions become more strict, families make heartbreaking choices
• NBC Los Angeles: Funerals are 'not essential,' and it's prolonging heartache during the pandemic

Florida

• Daily Beast: Burials at sea are booming during the pandemic