Meet Mohammed Shamim, The Delhi Gravedigger Dealing With The Dead During COVID-19

Gravedigger Mohammed Shamim brings a rope to use for burial of a coronavirus victim at a graveyard in?Delhi. The death toll from coronavirus in Delhi has reached a reported 176.

Shamim instructs relatives of a coronavirus victim before burial at a graveyard.?As of May 20, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India stand at 1,07,819.?

"I've been burying the dead for the last two decades. But until now, I've never been scared for my own life," he said to AFP.

Shamim sanitises his gloves before the burial of a COVID-19 victim. He always keeps a santiser bottle with him.

He uses his mobile phone after a burial.

Shamim rests in his room after the burial of a COVID-19 victim. He has moved his four daughters to his parents' house to prevent the risk of them catching the disease.

Mohammed Shamim prepares a rope to use it to lower a body into a grave.

Here, he's seen directing an ambulance carrying the victims of COVID-19.