July 07, 2021
published at 12:52 AMReuters
A coffin maker prepares planks for coffins ordered for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) victims at a workshop inside a funeral complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 29, 2021.
Reuters
JAKARTA - At a workshop located in a Jakarta cemetery, coffin maker Olaskar Purba and his team are hard at work.
They staple together boxes made of plywood and paint them brown. The coffins are then fitted with a lining and covered in plastic before being taken away for use. Before the (coronavirus) cases spiked, we usually made only up to 10 coffins in one day, said the 62-year-old, looking weary. But now it has reached 30 orders per day, and it s double the work.
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