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National 5 years ago
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Hospitals, cemeteries overwhelmed as Jakarta faces new spike in COVID-19 cases
The double-burial policy has provided a glimpse into the state of the outbreak in Jakarta, where there have been renewed calls to reimpose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) amid soaring cases, deaths and hospital occupancy rates.
Science & Tech 5 years ago
Plastic from tapioca? Unpad students create more ecofriendly coronavirus burial shrouds
Three students of Padjajaran University's School of Pharmacy in Bandung, West Java, have invented a plastic-like burial shroud made of tapioca starch and other ingredients to wrap those who have died of COVID-19.
City 5 years ago
Jakarta sets up cemetery for additional COVID-19 graves as burial space running out
The Jakarta administration is setting up a 2-hectare plot of land in Rorotan public cemetery in North Jakarta for COVID-19 graves as burial space for victims of the coronavirus in the capital city is running out.
City 5 years ago
Gravediggers under strain as COVID-19 burials surge in Jakarta
Jakarta has been the epicentre of the outbreak in Indonesia, where authorities have struggled for months to contain the virus. The country has reported nearly 245,000 cases, including 9,553 deaths, the highest levels in southeast Asia.
World 5 years ago
Counting the burials: African nations scramble to track COVID-19
Long after the funding for his project was frozen, Bilal Endris has kept a lonely watch over cemeteries in Ethiopia's capital by slipping cash to gravediggers to alert his team to any sudden spikes in burials.In a nation where fewer than 2% of deaths are registered, an increase in burials may be one of the first signs that a killer disease is on the loose.
World 5 years ago
For Italy's Muslims, lack of burial space deepens grief in pandemic
Italy's Muslim community, like others, suffered many deaths as the coronavirus pandemic hit the Mediterranean country hard. Compounding the pain for the religious minority has been the grim reality of a lack of space to bury their dead.
