Britain’s Reform and Liberal movements have taken the drastic step of holding funerals without mourners as the death toll from coronavirus mounts.
In a statement on Wednesday, rabbis from the two bodies said only clergy would be present at burials and cremations.
“In order to prioritise the health and wellbeing of our clergy who will continue to officiate at funeral services during this unprecedented crisis, we are now ruling that all funerals and cremations will happen with clergy present, but no mourners at all,” they said.
“Even one mourner could inadvertently be a carrier of Covid 19.”