Bikers escort ambulances through traffic-choked Indonesia streets amid soaring Covid-19 infections

As Indonesia's health service struggles to cope with soaring coronavirus infections, volunteer ambulance drivers have been working flat out to bring infected patients to and from hospitals. (Credit: Reuters Photos)

As Indonesia's health service struggles to cope with soaring coronavirus infections, volunteer ambulance drivers have been working flat out to bring infected patients to and from hospitals.

Hit by the highly contagious Delta variant, the Southeast Asian country reported a record 54,517 cases on July 14, up nearly tenfold on the start of June.

Dressed in protective gears, the volunteers are working for the Human Initiative, an Indonesian-based charity, for two years in the capital.

Working alongside government ambulances, the volunteers are playing a vital role in supporting the creaking public healthcare service in Java, Indonesia's most densely populated island.

The team gets several calls on daily basis, however, they are able to help limited patients due to restricted resources.

A volunteer biker wears a jacket depicting roses while escorting an ambulance to a cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Volunteer bikers escort an ambulance to a cemetery as Covid-19 cases surge in Jakarta, Indonesia.