Bosnia: Unnerved by virus denial, survivors mourn their dead

Tarik Svraka visits the graves of his parents in law, who died of COVID-19 related complications, in Zenica, Bosnia, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. The coronavirus skeptics and rebels in Bosnia grow louder in step with the rising number of infections in the country. Recently, several families who lost their loved ones to COVID-19 were confronted online, and some even in real life, by scores of random virus believers and deniers sifting through their pain and questioning their relatives’ cause of death. (AP Photo/Almir Alic)

The funeral of Muharem Zekic who died of Covid related complications is held in Zenica, Bosnia, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. Recently, several families who lost their loved ones to COVID-19 were confronted online, and some even in real life, by scores of random virus believers and deniers sifting through their pain and questioning their relatives’ cause of death. (AP Photo/Tarik Svraka)

Pulmonologist Besim Prnjavorac, the director of COVID-19 hospital visits a patient at the hospital, in Tesanj, Bosnia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. The coronavirus skeptics and rebels in Bosnia grow louder in step with the rising number of infections in the country. Recently, several families who lost their loved ones to COVID-19 were confronted online, and some even in real life, by scores of random virus believers and deniers sifting through their pain and questioning their relatives’ cause of death. (AP Photo/Almir Alic)

The funeral of Muharem Zekic who died of Covid related complications is held in Zenica, Bosnia, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. The coronavirus skeptics and rebels in Bosnia grow louder in step with the rising number of infections in the country. Recently, several families who lost their loved ones to COVID-19 were confronted online, and some even in real life, by scores of random virus believers and deniers sifting through their pain and questioning their relatives’ cause of death. (AP Photo/Tarik Svraka)

Tarik Svraka visits the graves of his parents in law who died of COVID-19 related complications, in Zenica, Bosnia, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. The coronavirus skeptics and rebels in Bosnia grow louder in step with the rising number of infections in the country. Recently, several families who lost their loved ones to COVID-19 were confronted online, and some even in real life, by scores of random virus believers and deniers sifting through their pain and questioning their relatives’ cause of death. (AP Photo/Almir Alic)