INDONESIA will ban its traditional annual exodus by people streaming out of cities at the end of the Muslim fasting month next month as the South-East Asian nation looks to curb the spread of the coronavirus, President Joko Widodo said.
Indonesia’s tally of 590 virus deaths is the highest in East Asia after China, but Joko had previously resisted a ban, seeking instead to persuade people to stay put.
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