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Foreigners leave Indonesia amid coronavirus case spike
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Passengers are seen at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, in July 2020. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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housands of foreigners left Indonesia in the first three weeks of July amid the ongoing multi-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) aimed at curbing the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19.
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport authority recorded some 10,612 foreign nationals leaving Indonesia through the airport between July 1 and July 23.
Japanese and Chinese citizens made up the biggest share, with 2,380 and 2,053 individuals, respectively, Kompas.com reported.
This was followed by 1,432 South Korean citizens and 1,251 United States citizens, as well as 775 French, 654 British, 625 Russian, 533 German, 467 Dutch and 442 Saudi Arabian citizens.
"That's the number for the period July 1-23, data as of 07:56 p.m. on July 23," head of the immigration authority at Soekarno-Hatta airport, Sam Fernando, said as quoted by Kompas.com.
Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Kenji Kanasugi previously said some Japanese citizens living in Indonesia would temporarily return to Japan for COVID-19 vaccination because of an inability to get the shots in Indonesia.
"Amid a very difficult pandemic situation for all of us, some Japanese citizens in Indonesia will return to Japan to participate in the vaccination program in Japan, which will start from Aug. 1," he said on Instagram.
