Some 50 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, for monthly wages of 4.2 million rupiah ($290).
They dig at least 20 fresh graves daily, marked with white wooden poles that list the name, birthdate and day the occupant died.
But they can hardly keep up with the influx of confirmed and suspected virus victims.
“The ambulances never stop bringing us bodies,” says gravedigger Hakim.
