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Mosques, streets quiet as Indonesia's capital tightens rules

by Associated Press
| April 10, 2020 5:27 AM

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Mosques usually filled for Friday prayers and streets normally clogged with cars and motorcycles were empty as authorities in Indonesia’s capital enforced stricter measures to halt the spread of the new coronavirus after deaths spiked in the past week.

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