Muslim event in Indonesia postponed amid coronavirus fears


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Mar 2020

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A rally of Muslim pilgrims that is drawing thousands of people to Indonesia's South Sulawesi province has been postponed amid fears that it could help spread the new coronavirus, a local official said.

Authorities had been trying to persuade organisers to stop the event at Gowa near the city of Makassar after a similar event in Malaysia led to hundreds of infections.

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