STORY OF THE DAY • May 19, 2020 • 4 min read
Covid-19 In Indonesia, gravediggers are battling virus fears and stigma
By
Haeril Halim/Agence France-Presse
• May 19, 2020
In Indonesia, some 50 gravediggers at Pondok Ranggon cemetery – one of two earmarked for coronavirus victims in the capital Jakarta – are risking their health and confronting stigma as they work up to 15 hours a day, seven days a week, for monthly wages of $290