Jakarta on verge of massive Eid exodus amid social restrictions, layoffs for low-wage workers

[KY_EnviroGuy]

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COVID-19: Jakarta on verge of massive Eid exodus amid social restrictions, layoffs for low-wage workers
GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLAN TO BAN MASS EXODUS

Link: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/ramadan-eid-covid-19-jakarta-indonesia-exodus-12624458

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According to the Jakarta city government, there are around 2.5 million people who return to their hometowns during Ramadan annually.

The same number of people are expected to leave Jakarta as soon as Friday when the restrictions kick in. This exodus, according to observers, is a cause for alarm from the perspective of containing the pandemic.

Of the more than 3,200 COVID-19 cases and 280 deaths reported in Indonesia, more than half are in Jakarta. Unless the exodus is stopped, the outbreak is expected to spread to villages and towns which might not be as well equipped to handle COVID-19 compared to the major cities.

President Joko Widodo, however, has decided against barring the movement of people.

This ordeal is a very long way from being under control.

KY..........

[jmg257]

1. Holy Shit...and we thought spring break was bad.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

2. Check this out......

20,000 worshippers quarantined in Pakistan after major search
06 Apr 2020 07:57AM

Link: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/coronavirus-worshippers-quarantined-pakistan-major-search-12611624

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LAHORE: Pakistan has quarantined 20,000 worshippers and is still searching for tens of thousands more who attended an Islamic gathering in Lahore last month despite the worsening coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Sunday (Apr 5).

Authorities said they want to test or quarantine those who congregated at the event held by the Tablighi Jamaat - an Islamic missionary movement - between Mar 10 and 12 over fears they are now spreading COVID-19 across Pakistan and overseas.

More than 100,000 people went to the meeting, organisers said, undeterred by government requests for it to be cancelled as the virus hit the country.

In northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, authorities have so far quarantined 5,300 Tablighis or Islamic preachers who attended the Lahore meeting.

KY............

[jmg257]

3. Yeesh...I just don't get people. I get SO pissed at the selfish stupidity. Just waiting to see

how Easter is handled here.

My expectations are not high.

So like 40,000 people went to this gathering, and so far...

At least 154 worshippers who went to last month's Jamaat had tested positive for coronavirus, with two fatalities, authorities told AFP.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. Yes, and Kansas will be a test of that to watch....

along with Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and others.

War over Easter: Kansas lawmakers revoke Gov. Kelly’s order limiting church gatherings
By Jonathan Shorman, Amy Renee Leiker, and Michael Stavola
April 08, 2020 03:33 PM

Link: https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article241861126.html

The comments by right-wingers in that article make me ill.

Typical....

“I think they were just very upset with the fact that the government was going to tell them that they couldn’t practice their religion,” Wagle said.

Asked if she was concerned more people will contract the virus and die, Wagle responded that behaviors won’t change much. She said most people are aware the virus is highly contagious and want to limit its spread, “but don’t tell us we can’t practice our religious freedoms.”

[jmg257]

5. It would be a perfect "popcorn" moment to see what happens, but we KNOW what the outcome will be.

These are just the people I am talking about.

Dumb-asses.