The grief experience during the COVID-19 pandemic across different cultures

Table 1 Grief and mourning practices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic across different countries

Country	Importance of grief tradition, mourning and burial rituals	Prohibition of rituals and practices	Restrictions of rituals and practices	Presence/absence of immediate family at burial of Covid-19-related death	Presence of guidelines for only Covid-19-related deaths	Decreased social support to families of the deceased
Italy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Absent	Yes	Yes
Paraguay	Yes	No	Yes	Absent	No	Yes
Nigeria	Yes	No	Yes	Present	No	Yes
Tunisia	Yes	No	No	Absent	Yes	Yes
United States of America	Yes	No	Yes	Present	No	Yes
Indonesia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Present	Yes	Yes
Lebanon	Yes	No	Yes	Present	No	Yes
New Zealand	Yes	No	Yes	Present	No	N/a
Colombia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Absent	No	No
Portugal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Absent	Yes	No
United Kingdom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Absent	Yes	No
India	Yes	Yes	Yes	Present	Yes	Yes
Iran	Yes	Yes	Yes	Present	Yes	Yes

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