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People visit Mexico City's Basilica of Guadalupe ahead of temporary closure next week

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Mexico City, Dec 4 (EFE).- Pilgrims lined up Friday at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, a week before the public feast celebrations for Mexico's patroness, when the shrine is scheduled to close to avoid mass gathering amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VISIT THE BASILICA OF GUADALUPE IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUND BITES: SOFIA GONZALEZ, A DEVOTEE; VIOLETA ROSAS, A CHURCHGOER AND ANIBAL MUÑOZ, A RADIOLOGIST (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION:1. SOFIA GONZALEZ, A DEVOTEE.- They check our temperature, gave us a hand sanitizer, nothing more. They simply made sure that we were okay.2. VIOLETA ROSAS, A CHURCHGOER.- Remember that people who have died from coronavirus are closer to God today. It's us that are still here who have to live through these difficult moments.3. ANIBAL MUÑOZ, A RADIOLOGIST.- They used to say that it (the coronavirus) affects old people, but right now there are cases of young people as well. We begin to see many more cases of young people in the hospitals.

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