Indonesian parents grieve for Covid-19 child victims

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 14, 2021 12:45 am

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.

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