‘It cannot be contained’: Indonesia COVID deaths go unreported

More people are being forced to isolate at home as overwhelmed hospitals turn patients away. Many are dying.

Jakarta, Indonesia – In a residential street in Bogor, on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital, yet another family has lost a loved one to COVID-19. Sitting in front of her father’s body, a young woman sobs as she clutches her prayer beads. “Wake up, please don’t sleep,” she wails, as a team of undertakers carefully wraps his body in sanitised plastic.