Mosques disregard calls to halt Friday prayers


Thorough effort: A police officer spraying disinfectant at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh. — AFP

A NUMBER of mosques in Jakarta have disregarded appeals by Governor Anies Baswedan to cancel Friday prayers for two weeks aimed at curbing the spread of the deadly coronavirus that has so far killed at least 17 people in the capital.

Indonesia has recorded a total of 32 deaths from Covid-19, with the total number of infections at 369 as of yesterday.

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