JAKARTA — Muslim majority Indonesia on Friday banned an annual exodus that sees millions travel across the vast nation to mark the end of Ramadan over fears of a surge in Covid-19 infections.
Travelers pack into airports, train stations, and ports across the nearly 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) long archipelago in a mass migration, known as Mudik, that is similar to China’s Lunar New Year holiday or Christmas.
Many heads to hometowns in time for celebrations at the end of Islam’s holy fasting month, a festival known as Eid al-Fitr.
Ramadan ends in mid-may this year.
On Friday, the government said it was banning the exodus as Indonesia — one of the worst-hit nations in…
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