FILE PHOTO: Ratih Purwarini, a doctor who passed away due to coronavirus disease, is pictured at Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in Pasuruan, East Java province, Indonesia, August 28, 2011, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on April 10, 2020. Courtesy of Bambang Purnomo Sidik's Family/Handout via REUTERS
(Reuters) - When Indonesian doctor Ratih Purwarini was buried at dusk in a Jakarta cemetery, only her son Firos saw her plastic-wrapped coffin used for coronavirus victims lowered into the grave.
The rest of the family, instructed to keep a safe distance, watched the proceedings from afar: Firos standing alone by a mound of fresh earth wailing the Islamic call to prayer through his mask.
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