JAKARTA (REUTERS) - As debate rages about the true death toll caused by the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia, Jakarta coffin maker Sahroni has been too busy to pay the issue much attention.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - As debate rages about the true death toll caused by the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia, Jakarta coffin maker Sahroni has been too busy to pay the issue much attention.
The shelves of his workshop were stacked with freshly painted coffins, while out front, a row of white crosses dried under the tropical sun.The warehouse where Mr Sahroni works normally specialises in coffins for Indonesia's Christian minority, but now they are providing coffins for all denominations, including Muslims, who would usually be buried in a shroud. New protocols for victims or suspected victims of Covid-19 call for the use of coffins.
Data from the Jakarta governor's office further showed that more than 438 people had been buried according to Covid-19 protocols between March 2 and April 6 despite the national death toll standing at just under half that figure. Mr Sahroni's company has reopened an old coffin-making warehouse in West Java, Indonesia's most populous province, started a new line of cheaper coffins and donated 1,000 coffins to hospitals.
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