Viral Photo Of The COVID-19 Body Transporting Truck, This Is The Response Of The DKI Provincial Government

JAKARTA - Viral on social media photos of trucks transporting COVID-19 bodies. In the photo, it reads 'Mobil Angkutan Jenazah' and 'Truk Angkutan COVID-19'.

The photo also shows a number of people wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) clothing lifting the coffin. The DKI Jakarta government is open to voting.

Head of the DKI Jakarta City Parks and Forest Service, Suzy Marsitawati, said that currently bodies in the area are still using hearses. According to him, the circulating photo is a simulation.

"It's still a simulation. Not sure (using a truck)", said Suzy when confirmed by the media, Jakarta, Monday, June 21.

It was emphasized that the possibility of death cases increasing because of COVID-19 trucks will be used to transport bodies, he could not confirm this. She reiterated that the photo was just a simulation.

"Don't know yet (because it's a simulation", she said.

The same thing was conveyed by Ivan Murcahyo as the Head of the Central Jakarta Parks Service Office. According to him, all the bodies in Jakarta were transported using hearses.

"All bodies were delivered by ambulance", he said.

Viral on social media photos of trucks transporting COVID-19 bodies. In the photo it reads 'Mobil Angkutan Jenazah' and 'Truk Angkutan COVID-19'.

Transport bodies already using trucks, not ambulances anymore https://t.co/DqJgcaVjF4 pic.twitter.com/XxcqiHBtSn

— Nic Lin (@nicolaslkh) June 21, 2021