Jakarta prepares Rorotan Cemetery for Covid burial ground

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Provincial Government is preparing the Rorotan Public Cemetery in North Jakarta as a burial site for people who died from Covid-19. Official says that the burial site, 20,000 square metres in size, is being prepared.

The Jakarta’s Bina Marga Office head, Hari Nugroho, said on Monday that they are working on the landfill process and creating a 210-metre road towards the burial ground.

The work began on September 17, and is targeted for completion in December this year.

“With a size of two hectares, we estimate the cemetery will be able to have 6,000 graves,” Hari said on Monday.

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In Jakarta, the number of funerals and burials with Covid-19 protocols are quite alarming. The provincial government recorded that 6,248 people have been buried under Covid-19 protocols from March until September 25.

In the month of September alone, the capital recorded 1,372 bodies were buried according to Covid-19 protocol, the highest since the coronavirus reached Indonesia.

This prompted the government to prepare a new burial site for Covid-19 deaths, as the land availability in Pondok Ranggon and Tegal Alur Cemeteries is decreasing. Meanwhile, Griffith University epidemiologist Dicky Budiman on Monday said in order to effectively curb the Covid-19 chain of infections, the government ideally should restrict people’s mobility between Indonesian islands by strengthening the monitoring in borders such as harbours and airports.

“That would be much more effective compared to [limiting the movements] in Jakarta or Central Java,” said Budiman.

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In a previous report, the epidemiologist also concluded that the effects of the reinstated large-scale social restriction (PSBB) in the capital city of Jakarta could only be felt one month after it was imposed on September 14.

He said the restrictions between provinces implemented as the SIKM regulation – a rule that requires people to have an SIKM pass to travel to outside regions – is proven to be ineffective as there are many alternative routes for people to enter Jakarta and vice versa.

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