

Ardi Novriansyah, 41, a volunteer undertaker wearing personal protective equipment has a rest while recovering the body of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. Ardi says his interest in humanity led him to take such a difficult job along with the camaraderie with his fellow volunteers. "What's important is that we have a desire to help as volunteers, for humanity." REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


A view of discarded boots belonging to gravediggers after the funeral of an 86-year-old man who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home, at a burial site provided by the government for COVID-19 victims in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 9, 2021. Indonesia, which is the world's fourth most populous country with more than 270 million people, has in the past week seen coronavirus cases jump roughly sevenfold from a month ago to as high as 47,000, with the death toll also doubling from early July. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Masks and personal protective equipment are burnt after the funeral of a 86-year-old man who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home, at a burial site provide by the government for COVID-19 victims in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 9, 2021. Indonesia, which is the world's fourth most populous country with more than 270 million people, has in the past week seen coronavirus cases jump roughly sevenfold from a month ago to as high as 47,000, with the death toll also doubling from early July. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Novi Bawazir, 42, wearing personal protective equipment, prepares for the embalming of her 64-year-old mother, Yoyoh Sa'diah, who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. The family had been unable to get the 64-year-old into a bed in hospital as her oxygen levels plummeted. "My mother had a 97 rate on the oximeter," Novi said, referring to a device measuring oxygen saturation in the blood. "Within an hour, it was 37, and within minutes, she was gone." REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Ardi Novriansyah, 41, a volunteer undertaker, dons his personal protective equipment at the group's headquarters, before recovering the body of a person who has passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 11, 2021. Ardi says his interest in humanity led him to take such a difficult job along with the camaraderie with his fellow volunteers. "What's important is that we have a desire to help as volunteers, for humanity." REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Police officers wearing personal protective equipment arrive at a house to help embalm the body of someone who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 9, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Ardi Novriansyah, 41, a volunteer undertaker wears personal protective equipment as he takes a short-break while carrying the coffin of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at her home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. Ardi says his interest in humanity led him to take such a difficult job along with the camaraderie with his fellow volunteers. "What's important is that we have a desire to help as volunteers, for humanity." REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Ardi Novriansyah, 41, a volunteer undertaker wearing personal protective equipment is seen inside an ambulance, transporting the body of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at her home, as locals watch from a distance in the Mulyaharja neighbourhood in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Volunteer undertakers work at the group's headquarters during a shift recovering the bodies of those who have passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 11, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Komarudin, 48, a volunteer undertaker, prepares his personal protective equipment at the group's headquarters before collecting the body of a person who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 11, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


A neighbour of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at her home, wearing personal protective equipment, is sprayed with disinfectant before embalming the deceased, in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Novi Bawazir, 42, accompanied by her 11-year-old son, Muhammad Faith Atthalah, cries as they attend the burial of Novi's 64-year-old mother, Yoyoh Sa'diah, who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at her home, in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. The family had been unable to get the 64-year-old into a bed in hospital as her oxygen levels plummeted. "My mother had a 97 rate on the oximeter," Novi said, referring to a device measuring oxygen saturation in the blood. "Within an hour, it was 37, and within minutes, she was gone." REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Gravediggers wearing personal protective equipment unload the coffin of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at her home, from an ambulance to the burial site in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Ardi Novriansyah, 41, a volunteer undertaker, rests at home after his shift recovering the bodies of those who have passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 9, 2021. Ardi says his interest in humanity led him to take such a difficult job along with the camaraderie with his fellow volunteers. "What's important is that we have a desire to help as volunteers, for humanity." REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Gravediggers wearing personal protective equipment lower the coffin of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at her home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Sinta, 32, and her brothers use plastic to cover the body of their 56-year-old mother who passed away at home due to complications related to COVID-19, before the burial, in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 11, 2021. Indonesia, which is the world's fourth most populous country with more than 270 million people, has in the past week seen coronavirus cases jump roughly sevenfold from a month ago to as high as 47,000, with the death toll also doubling from early July. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


A gravedigger wearing personal protective equipment rests after the burial of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at her home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Wahyu Triesnajaya, 56, a communications officer for the group of volunteer undertakers, talks on a radio at the group's headquarters in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Ardi Novriansyah, 41, and Pram Mahendra Wardhana, 41, volunteer undertakers wearing personal protective equipment help a relative to carry the coffin of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Police officers wearing personal protective equipment pray before the burial of a 86-year-old man who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 9, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Police officers wearing personal protective equipment mark the coffin of a 86-year-old man who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home, before a burial in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Relatives wearing personal protective equipment carry the body of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at her home, to be embalmed, in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. Indonesia is struggling to cope with a devastating wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which has left hospitals overflowing and meant many infected people unable to get a hospital bed simply die at home. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Ardi Novriansyah, 41, a volunteer undertaker, rests at the group's headquarters during his shift recovering bodies of those who have passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 whilst isolating at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 11, 2021. Ardi says his interest in humanity led him to take such a difficult job along with the camaraderie with his fellow volunteers. "What's important is that we have a desire to help as volunteers, for humanity." REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan


Ardi Novriansyah, 41, a volunteer undertaker, sits in an ambulance, preparing to take the body of 56-year-old woman who passed away at home due to complications related to COVID-19, for burial in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 11, 2021. Ardi says his interest in humanity led him to take such a difficult job along with the camaraderie with his fellow volunteers. "What's important is that we have a desire to help as volunteers, for humanity." REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Volunteer undertakers bear the dead from Indonesian homes as COVID-19 deaths rise