A child is tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Banda Aceh on August 13, 2021. - AFP
JAKARTA Aug 15 (AFP): Tirsa Manitik gave birth to her first girl in June and buried her a month later -- another casualty of virus-battered Indonesia's soaring child death toll.
The South-East Asian nation has been hit by its worst Covid-19 surge yet as the ultra-infectious Delta variant sent deaths skyrocketing and left a trail of devastated parents in its wake.
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