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Indonesia increases mandatory quarantine period for international arrivals

Indonesia has increased the mandatory quarantine period for all international arrivals from seven days to 10 days, effective starting Friday, as the Omicron variant continues to spread across the globe

Nina A. Loasana (The Jakarta Post)
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Fri, December 3, 2021

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ndonesia has increased the mandatory quarantine period for all international arrivals from seven days to 10 days, effective starting Friday, as the Omicron variant continues to spread across the globe.

The government earlier this week banned foreigners that have been in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini, Malawi, Angola, Zambia and Hong Kong within two weeks before departing to Indonesia. The exceptions are Indonesians returning from these countries, who are subjected to a 14 day-quarantine.

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, who is leading the government’s COVID-19 response in Java and Bali, said the longer quarantine period was ordered by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

"This policy will be evaluated every now and then as we understand and continue to find out more information about this new variant," Luhut said on Wednesday.

"We also urge the public not to travel abroad at the moment to keep the country's pandemic situation under control."

The government will also ban government officials from traveling overseas, unless they are assigned to important diplomatic missions.

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