Indonesia halts Islamic assembly, quarantining 9,000 people

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Indonesia halts a mass congregation of nearly 9,000 Muslim pilgrims and begins quarantining and checking their health to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

Night view city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Malaysian government issued a movement order to the public starting from March 18, 2020 until March 31, 2020 to block the spread of COVID-19. For most people the new COVID-19 coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause more severe illness.

The four-day gathering that was to open later Thursday at a boarding school in a rural area in south Sulawesi island wasn’t approved by authorities and drew fears it could widely spread the virus in the world’s fourth most populous nation. “We’ve worked hard in dealing with this issue, involving religious leaders and security forces. We have told the pilgrims that we are in an emergency state of coronavirus and only common discipline can break the COVID-19 widespread,” Abdullah said.

Sentot Abu Thoriq, a member of the organizing committee, said he regretted the government’s decision to nix the event that has been planned more than a year ago. He said those who are ill have been told to stay away, and noted that those who arrived would have passed stringent health checks at the country’s airports and sea ports.

 

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Great idea

Perhaps a picture of beef bakso will never get people attention lol

This tweet needs to be reported. Such a misleading visual, Petronas Twin Towers is not in Indonesia.

nice picture of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dear AP, i think the picture that you used is quite misleading with your tweet. Doesn’t work that way mate. Please rectify it thanks

A picture of KL in a news about Indonesia?

And the Skyline of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) incl. 'Petronas Twin Towers' shows that geography is not Your strength dear AP

Foolish indeed

....That’s Malaysia in the thumbnail. what the heck AP?

people are legitimately dumb all over the world and left to the uneducated man, we would still be living in caves. education proves itself as important as wealth watching these things continue to happen in every country and socioeconomic class, it's astounding.

Also Indonesians: Kalo udah ajalnya ya udah.

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