Domestic flights Indonesia banned untill June 1 st 2020

Domestic flights Indonesia banned from Friday Apr 24 th 2020 barring a few exceptions, to prevent further spread of coronavirus, Transport Ministry officials said on Thursday.

The ban on air travel will be in place until Jun 1, Novie Riyanto Rahardjo, Transport Ministry’s director general of aviation said. The ban on travel by sea will be in place until Jun 8, sea transportation director general Agus Purnomo said. Cargo transportation is exempted from the ban, the officials said. The government is banning Indonesia’s traditional annual exodus for Muslim holidays.

Health experts had warned that allowing millions in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country to travel could hasten the spread of COVID-19. Indonesia on Thursday reported 357 new COVID-19 cases and 11 new deaths, taking the total number of infections and fatalities to 7,775 and 647, respectively.

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