Indonesian Capital Expands Graveyards as COVID-19 Death Toll Mounts

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6 February 2021 19:19 WIB

A worker prepares a new grave at the area provided by the government for the victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the outbreak continues in Jakarta, February 2, 2021. As deaths from the coronavirus pandemic mount in Indonesia, the capital city's graveyards are expanding to keep up. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

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Municipality workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) burry the coffin of a coronavirus victim at a burial area provided by the government for the victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the outbreak continues in Jakarta, February 2, 2021. Struggling since last March to get the coronavirus under control in the world's fourth most populous nation, Indonesia has now surpassed one million confirmed cases and more than 30,000 deaths, the highest in Southeast Asia. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

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Municipality workers, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), burry the coffin of a coronavirus victim at a burial area provided by the government for the victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the outbreak continues in Jakarta, February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

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Relative of Lueky Damayanti, a 44-year-old woman who passed away due to the coronavirus disease, places petals on the grave after the funeral at a burial area provided by the government for the victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the outbreak continues in Jakarta, February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

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Relatives of Yeti Herawaty, a 52-year-old woman who passed away due to the coronavirus disease, pray after her funeral at a burial area provided by the government for the victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the outbreak continues in Jakarta, February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

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Municipality workers, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), bury the coffin of a coronavirus victim at a burial area provided by the government for the victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the outbreak continues in Jakarta, February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

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