JAKARTA — The Jakarta administration has allowed bodies of COVID-19 patients to be buried outside of dedicated graveyards.
The coordinator of the Pondok Ranggon COVID-19 public cemetery, Muhaemin, said the new regulation was aimed at addressing a shortage of graves at dedicated cemeteries.
He went on to say that the city administration had drawn up a list of criteria for burying bodies at Pondok Ranggon in East Jakarta or the Tegal Alur public cemetery in West Jakarta. “We’re experiencing a grave crisis since Nov. 8.
Now, all COVID-19 cemeteries are full,” said Muhaemin, as reported by antaranews.com on Monday.
To accommodate more bodies, the cemeteries had begun to pla…
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