JAKARTA: With the coronavirus infection in Indonesia surging in the past week, Islamic groups in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation urged worshippers to refrain from praying at mosques and shun all public religious activities.
A member of the Indonesian Red Cross sprayinf disinfectant, amid concerns of the coronavirus, at a radio station in Jakarta on Tuesday . Indonesia's capital city announced a lockdown of all tourist destinations and entertainment as well as the closing all of its public schools for 14 days amid the global coronavirus outbreak. - AP
Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s largest Islamic group with around 140 million members, ordered mosque administrators across the archipelago to ensure hygiene of the facilities by spraying disinfectant at least once a day and to provide soap and hand sanitizers for worshippers. Indonesia is stepping up efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus by shutting schools, advising people to work from home and to limit public activities.
The calls to limit public prayer comes as neighbouring Malaysia battles a surge in positive cases after a religious gathering, prompting authorities in other South-East Asian nations to restrict people’s movement.
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