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Govt to cut travel quarantine to three days
The government has announced a reduction in the mandatory quarantine period from five to three days, starting on March 1.
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A man kitesurfs at a beach in Kuta, Bali, on Jan. 26, 2022. ( / AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka)
The government has decided to reduce the mandatory quarantine period from five to three days, starting on March 1.
Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan announced the move during an online press briefing on Monday, adding however that it only applied to foreign travelers and Indonesian returnees who had received a COVID-19 booster vaccine.
“Entry and exit PCR tests will still apply,” he told the media, adding that travelers were also encouraged to take a PCR test on the fifth day after they arrive in Indonesia and report the result to a healthcare facility.
Luhut went on to say that Indonesia may end the travel quarantine requirement altogether on April 1, assuming the COVID-19 situation in the country “keeps getting better.”
“Because COVID-19 is still manageable despite the rising number of cases [...] we will reduce the mandatory quarantine to just three days. This is good news for those in the tourist sector,” Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto said in a separate event on Monday.
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The daily number of deaths from COVID-19 reached triple digits on Friday, a level not seen since late September last year, when the country was dealing with a wave of infections with the Delta variant.
