Zimbabwe holds burial for 3 top leaders who died of COVID-19

Pallbearers stand next to coffins of three top government officials at their burial at the National Heroes acre in Harare, Wednesday, Jan, 27, 2021. Zimbabwe on Wednesday buried three top officials who succumbed to COVID-19, in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent second wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll on the country.( AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Pallbearers stand by the coffins of three top government officials prior to their burial, at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Zimbabwe on Wednesday buried three top officials who succumbed to COVID-19, in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent second wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll on the country. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean Deputy President Constantino Chiwenga, centre, arrives to officiate at the burial of three top government officials at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Zimbabwe on Wednesday buried three top officials who succumbed to COVID-19, in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent second wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll on the country. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean Deputy President Constantino Chiwenga,centre, arrives to officiate at the burial of three top government officials, at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Zimbabwe on Wednesday buried three top officials who succumbed to COVID-19, in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent second wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll on the country. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Pallbearers carry the coffin of a top government official at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, Wednesday, Jan, 27, 2021. Zimbabwe on Wednesday buried three top officials who succumbed to COVID-19, in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent second wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll on the country. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Pallbearers stand next to the coffins of three top government officials prior to their burial, at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Zimbabwe on Wednesday buried three top officials who succumbed to COVID-19, in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent second wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll on the country. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Soldiers stand guard at the burial of three top government officials, at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, Wednesday, Jan,.27, 2021. Zimbabwe on Wednesday buried three top officials who succumbed to COVID-19, in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent second wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll on the country. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)