Indonesian Muslims pray at a mosque after an official discouragement of big religious meetings during the coronavirus outbreak, in Tasikmalaya, West Java Province, Indonesia, on March 20, 2020. - Reuters
JAKARTA: Indonesian armed forces were progressively moving more than 200 Muslim worshippers - half of them are foreigners - from a mosque in West Jakarta to the country's largest quarantine centre, the Wisma Atlet in North Jakarta, in a pre-emptive move to curb the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
The more than 200 Muslim worshippers were in close contact with three fellow Muslims during Friday prayers at Jami mosque on March 20 who later tested positive for coronavirus. The authorities began moving the group of more than 200 Muslims on Saturday night (March 28). The group has been in isolation at the West Jakarta mosque since March 26.
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