Cost for dying in Jakarta rises amid Covid-19 pandemic

Workers prepare coffins ordered for Covid-19 victims at a workshop in South Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta. - Reuters

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.