Ambulances never stop bringing bodies for burial, cemetery workers say
This picture taken on May 6 2020 shows gravediggers standing next to an ambulance that brought a victim of the Covid-19 coronavirus at Pondok Ranggon cemetery where many of those who died from the disease are buried in Jakarta, Indonesia. Picture: AFP/ADEK BERRYGravedigger Junaidi Hakim shouts “hurry up” as he summons his weary colleagues in a never-ending race to bury novel coronavirus victims at a Jakarta cemetery.
Fifty gravediggers at Pondok Ranggon cemetery — one of two earmarked for Covid-19 victims in the Indonesian capital — are working up to 15 hours a day, seven days a week. The challenges are compounded in the fasting month of Ramadan when many in Indonesia, the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation, do not eat or drink during daylight hours.
At least 2,107 people have been buried under Covid-19 safety protocols in epicentre Jakarta alone, nearly double the reported national toll. Other cities have also seen unusually high burial figures in recent months, suggesting even more victims.
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