PEOPLE DON’T
UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING ON
IN TERMS OF THE
SPREAD OF THE
VIRUS AND HOW
DANGEROUS IT IS.”
—Irma Hidayana,
co-founder of
Indonesian data
collective LaporCovid-19
Relatives pour
rose water and offer
flowers at a COVID-19
victim’s grave in Cilin-
cing, North Jakarta.
Rorotan Public Ceme-
tery opened in March
with space for 7,200
plots, but it quickly
began filling up as
Indonesia suffered a
huge spike in cases in
July. At the peak, the
world’s fourth most
populous country saw
an average of 50,000
cases a day.JULY 21 WAVES OF COVID TAKE A TOLL
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