Soup kitchen brings food to patients stuck at home


Feeding the sick: Dompet Dhuafa volunteers distributing food to virus patients undergoing self-isolation in South Tangerang. — Reuters

As the coronavirus surges in Jakarta, volunteers like Badi Mulyaman 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 27-year-old driver of a three-wheeler, Badi drops off the packages in front of patients’ homes, calling out that their food has arrived and making small talk from a distance.

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