This picture taken on August 1, 2021 shows Tirsa Manitik (L) and Erik Alexander (R) visiting the grave of their baby who tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus before she died, at the Tegal Alur cemetery in Jakarta. Nearly 400,000 children under 17 have been infected by the virus in Indonesia, over 1,200 of them are dead, where most fatalities were reported between June and July 2021 amid the outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant which has pushed hospitals to their limits. AFP PHOTO
JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Tirsa Manitik gave birth to her first girl in June and buried her a month later - another casualty of virus-battered Indonesia's soaring child death toll.
The Southeast Asian nation has been hit by its worst Covid-19 surge yet as the ultra-infectious Delta variant sent deaths skyrocketing and left a trail of devastated parents in its wake.
