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Nurse Cynthia Byers, who died from complications of COVID-19, was buried on Thursday morning.<\/p>

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Family members mourned openly at a short interment service at the St. John\u2019s Public Cemetery.<\/p>\n

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There was no public viewing for the body, and one woman could be heard saying, \u201cMe nuh get for see me sister face\u201d.<\/p>

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The Public Health Act prohibits the holding of wakes over the bodies of people who die from infectious diseases in Antigua & Barbuda.<\/p>

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Byers is the first healthcare worker to die after contracting the coronavirus in the country.<\/p>\n

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Several of her colleague nurses attended the burial ceremony.<\/p>

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The 58-year-old nurse was admitted to Mount St. John\u2019s Medical Centre in an unconscious state last Saturday.<\/p>\n

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She reportedly required mechanical ventilation and was pronounced dead on Monday.<\/div>\n
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Mourners at cemetary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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