JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Undertakers are making a killing as Covid-19 rages on in Jakarta.
Residents of the Indonesian capital are facing skyrocketing cremation prices, with the copy of an invoice which went viral online showing that a crematorium in West Jakarta charged a client 80 million rupiah (S$7,500), or 10 times the normal rate, for one body.
Crematoriums have cited higher costs of firewood due to rising demand and rising labour costs due to overtime for workers who work late into the evening, Jakarta-based news portal tribunnews.com reported.
They have also cited additional costs related to the pandemic, including the need to buy personal protective equipment to avoid possible Covid-19 transmission.