Thousands of Indonesians rush back to hometowns despite travel ban

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It is feared that the returnees will be sources of virus transmission in their hometowns during the holiday period. FMTNews Indonesia

JAKARTA: Thousands of Indonesians made a late dash to leave Jakarta for their hometowns this week, even as authorities sought to stem the traditional mass exodus at the end of the Muslim fasting month to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

“I’m going back home because my work contract is finished,” said Irawati Utami, 36, a domestic worker ahead of her flight. Still, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo said this week he expected one million people to return to his province from greater Jakarta this year, even though this was far lower than nearly 6 million in 2019.

 

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Indonesia has million million population, if minus covid casualties still has million million. So no harm to the society.

Just let them go

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