Indonesian Muslim women pray to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival marking the end the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a residential area amid the spread of Covid-19 outbreak in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, May 24, 2020. - Reuters
JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesia on Thursday (April 8) announced an internal travel ban during next month's Eid al-Fitr celebrations, in an effort to prevent large-scale transmission of the coronavirus, a transport official said.
The world's most populous Muslim-majority nation is gearing up for the start of the holy month of Ramadan next week as it continues to battle one of Asia's highest rates of transmission of Covid-19.
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