Weekly Gallery: No end in sight

Tue, September 15, 2020 / 12:10 pm

Police officers guard stacks of cash totaling Rp 56.8 billion that were seized as evidence in a fraud case involving the purchase of ventilators at the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta, Sept. 7, 2020. Bareskrim head Comr. Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo said a syndicate had stolen money transferred under a contract of sale between two foreign healthcare technology firms: Althea Group from Italy and Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics from China. JP/Dhoni Setiawan

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Police officers guard stacks of cash totaling Rp 56.8 billion that were seized as evidence in a fraud case involving the purchase of ventilators at the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta, Sept. 7, 2020. Bareskrim head Comr. Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo said a syndicate had stolen money transferred under a contract of sale between two foreign healthcare technology firms: Althea Group from Italy and Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics from China. JP/Dhoni Setiawan

A man holding fishing equipment passes by a mural depicting medical workers on Jl. Raya Setu, Cipayung, East Jakarta on Sept. 7, 2020. More than 100 doctors have died from COVID-19 since the outbreak in the country started in March. JP/PJ Leo

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Workers take apart a temporary shelter at Kampung Akuarium, Pejagalan, North Jakarta on Sept. 8, 2020. Residents will be temporarily relocated to low-cost apartments nearby while a kampung susun (elevated village) is built. JP/Seto Wardhana

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A man walks past an electronic board showing the movement of the Indonesian Composite index (IHSG) at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. JP/Seto Wardhana

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A man walks past an electronic board showing the movement of the Indonesian Composite index (IHSG) at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. JP/Seto Wardhana

A COVID-19 patient waits for an ambulance to take him to the Kemayoran Athletes Village emergency COVID-19 hospital in Jakarta, Sept. 10, 2020. JP/Dhoni Setiawan

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A COVID-19 patient waits for an ambulance to take him to the Kemayoran Athletes Village emergency COVID-19 hospital in Jakarta, Sept. 10, 2020. JP/Dhoni Setiawan

Soldiers hold the Indonesian flag over the grave of Kompas Gramedia Group cofounder Jakob Oetama, at Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta on Sept. 10, 2020. Jakob, who founded Kompas Gramedia in 1965 with his colleague PK Ojong, died the day before at the age of 88. JP/Seto Wardhana.

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Two blind men walk to the Nurul Ihsan Mosque in Pondok Ranggon, East Jakarta, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 to perform Friday prayers. The Jakarta administration has reimposed full large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) starting on Sept. 14, 2020. Places of worship in residential areas and housing complexes are allowed to remain open at 50 percent capacity. Larger houses of worship and those located in COVID-19 red zones are required to close. JP/P.J. Leo

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As the hospital occupancy rate for COVID-19 patients rises and burial space grows scarce, the Jakarta administration has decided to return to full large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Six months after the country’s first confirmed COVID-19 cases were announced, the number of daily new cases continues on an upward trend with no end to the outbreak in sight.