Bad Weather And Burial Of 10 Bodies In The Last 3 Days, COVID Grave Digger In Sorong City Claims To Be Tired

A gravedigger team from Sorong City, West Papua Province, digs a hole for a deceased COVID-19 patient (Photo: ANTARA)

PAPUA - The COVID-19 gravedigger team in the city of Sorong, West Papua province, admitted that they were exhausted by providing burrows for bodies. In the past week, cases have continued to increase.

Every day the team has to provide three or even four graves for the burial of COVID-19 bodies at the COVID-19 cemetery at Jalan Suteja, Sorong city.

Secretary of the Sorong City COVID-19 Task Force, Herlin Sasabone admitted that from Saturday, July 17 to Monday, July 19 at dawn the COVID-19 gravedigger team had buried 10 bodies manually.

"Moreover, the current weather in Sorong City has become an obstacle for the COVID-19 gravedigger team, but they are still working even though it is raining," he said when confirmed in Sorong, Antara, Monday, July 19.

He hopes that the public will be disciplined in implementing health protocols to help the government prevent the spread of COVID-19. Moreover, Sorong City is implementing emergency PKKM.

"Get rid of the view that the corona virus no longer exists because the results of laboratory tests are still positive for COVID-19 and in the last three days there have been 10 deaths, indicating the virus is still there.

He invited all elements of society to implement health protocols, namely diligently washing hands, always wearing masks, and keeping a distance. No less important, avoid crowds to protect yourself and your family from the spread of COVID-19.