Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the streets of the Indonesian city of Padang were packed on Friday (May 22nd) night ahead of Eid-al-Fitr which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Footage showed eager shoppers crowding a clothing market in the West Sumatran city even though they have been advised to stay at home by local authorities.
Indonesia had recorded 21,745 cases of COVID-19 and 1,351 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University at 1130 GMT on May 23rd.
