JAKARTA -- For a brief period in May, Indonesia seemed to have gotten over the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily cases had more than halved compared with the peak in February, and while much of the country was still under social restrictions, there was a semblance of normalcy.
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Gravediggers bury a coffin at a Muslim burial area provided by the government for COVID-19 victims in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, on Wednesday. © Reuters
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