JAKARTA — As coronavirus surges in the Indonesian capital, volunteers like Badie Uzzaman are pitching in to help, delivering food to people who have tested positive but are forced to quarantine at home as hospitals run short of beds.
The 26-year-old driver of a three-wheeler, Badie drops off the packages in front of patients’ homes, calling out that their food has arrived and making small talk from a distance.
“I do feel scared,” said Badie, one of four volunteers who deliver meals to up to 70 homes three times a day. “I’m worried all the time as I have family and go home to them after work.”
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