Jakarta coffin maker faces gruelling days as coronavirus death toll climbs


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  • Wednesday, 08 Apr 2020

Coffin makers Ari Rusmawan, 32-year-old, and Suherman, 45-year-old, prepare coffins ordered to be donated for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims at a workshop inside a funeral complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

JAKARTA (Reuters) - As debate rages about the true death toll caused by the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia, Jakarta coffin maker Sahroni has been too busy to pay the issue much attention.

From his workshop in the Pondok Kelapa cemetery in the east of the capital, he has been putting in 16-hour days.

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