Indonesian government confident Aidil Fitri's ‘mudik’ will not trigger another Covid-19 wave

Passengers going on 'mudik' (exodus), an Aidil Fitri tradition where people go back to their hometowns to celebrate Aidil Fitri with family and friends, carry their luggage to a bus in Pakupatan Bus Terminal in Serang, Banten on April 22, 2022. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, April 23 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The government has expressed confidence that the tradition of mudik (exodus) in which millions of people throughout the country return to their hometowns to celebrate Aidil Fitri, will not cause another wave of Covid-19 cases.

Such confidence is partly based on a recent serosurvey that revealed most people in Java – the country’s most populous island – and Bali have already achieved immunity to the coronavirus, either through natural infection or vaccination.