‘Too many bodies’: the graveside toll of Covid
Jul 02, 2021
3 minutes
By Gemma Holliani Cahya JAKARTA
It is noon and the grave diggers at Rorotan cemetery have buried 23 bodies of Covid-19 patients since they started work at 7am. Two excavators are on standby because the hard soil in the area makes it difficult to dig with just shovels.
Six grave diggers in white gowns carry coffins from ambulances lined up near the graveyard. On a very busy day, there could be 10 ambulances
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