Indonesia orders coronavirus transport curbs as death toll rises


  • World
  • Sunday, 12 Apr 2020

A man wearing a face mask sits along rail tracks to enjoy sunshine as they believe it improves their immunity, during the imposition of large-scale social restrictions by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Sunday imposed curbs on public transport ahead of the annual exodus to home villages that marks the end of the Muslim fasting month, in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the world's fourth most populous country.

Still, the curbs are far short of the calls by some health experts for an outright ban on the Ramadan travel home as the number of cases and deaths from the new disease jump.

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