Many fitness experts and studies inspire those who wear a mask to minimize the spread of COVID-19, however, the controversy surrounding the mask’s efficacy remains, as other people refuse to wear a mask regardless of current regulations.
While countries have taken other approaches to how to apply face mask regulations, a recent social media article draws attention to an exclusive punishment for an organization of others in Indonesia that have damaged the country’s face mask law.
“The local government ordered eight other people in Indonesia who refused to wear masks in public to dig graves for COVID-19 victims,” read in a September 20 Facebook message, accompanied by a photo of other people digging in a burial place.
But many users in the comments are skeptical about the post. One user commented, “Wow, what a seriously retouched photo. “
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As punishment for violating Indonesia’s mask-wearing court orders, eight other people who refused to wear masks to combat the spread of COVID-19 received orders through a local grave digging official, USA TODAY reported.
The leaders of Cerme, a district in East Java, had established stricter policies related to the application of social estating and masking due to a recent accumulation of COVID-19 cases.
Indonesian newscast Tribune News reported that Suyono, Cerme’s boss, had presented himself with digging pits as punishment for those who violated the local masking mandate due to the lack of undertakers in the area.
“Right now there are only 3 gravediggers, so I think I could also take those other people to paint with them,” Suyono told Tribune News. “I hope this can create a deterrent to rape. “
Hisno said that two other people had been assigned to each of the tombs, one to dig the tomb and the other to insert wooden boards into the burial holes of the corpses; however, the offenders did not participate in the royal funerals and were banned from touching The Bodies, Australia SBS News reported. The task was left to the fitness managers who wore the appropriate protective equipment.
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CNN reported that a joint team of Indonesia’s national armed forces, the Indonesian National Police, and local law enforcement, known as the “three pillars,” is responsible for enforcing mask requirements.
Cremes caught without a mask have the option of accepting a fine of 150,000 rupees, which is $10 in the United States, or accepting a “social punishment,” according to Suyono.
Suyono told CNN that while most people accepted social punishments, such as bombs or cleanliness, he hoped funeral graves would show “first-hand the genuine and serious effect of COVID-19” and added that none of the gravediggers were providing when the bodies were buried.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Indonesia has the highest number of deaths in Southeast Asia and Indonesia began requiring a mask in April.
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The claim that 8 other people in Indonesia were ordered to dig graves for COVID-19 sufferers as punishment for violating the mask orders is classified as REAL, based on our investigation. A district leader in Indonesia proposed due punishment to the lack of undertakers and to teach others about the effects of the coronavirus.
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