JakartaGlobe-Dec 2, 2021
All international arrivals must undergo a ten-day quarantine starting Friday to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant, a senior official said on Thursday.
The current requirement obliges foreign visitors and Indonesian returnees to spend a week-long quarantine. Entry ban remains in place for visitors from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini, Malawi, Angola, Zambia, and Hong Kong “This new policy will be evaluated periodically as we are gathering more information and knowledge about this new variant,” said chief investment minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, who is in charge of the Covid-19 responses in Java and Bali. Civil servants are also barred from traveling abroad, including those on official duties. “We call on other citizens to refrain from traveling overseas for better control of the pandemic,” he said. The government plans to give booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to the most vulnerable including the older demographics of the population starting in January for extra protection against the Omicron variant, Luhut said. Read more at: https://jakartaglobe.id/news/govt-imposes-10day-quarantine-for-international-arrivals-amid-omicron-scare
