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While Indonesia hopes to reopen to international tourists in the near future, medical policy failures, including the reuse of COVID-19 test kits and breaches of mandatory quarantine, may jeopardize the country's plans.
The government has approved the homegrown COVID-19 breathalyzer for testing domestic passengers at 21 airports, including the international airport in Bali, but the scientific community remains skeptical in the absence of a peer-reviewed paper on the screening device.
The government will introduce GeNose pre-boarding tests for domestic travellers at four international airports on April 1. But health experts point to the lack of papers on the device's efficacy in peer-reviewed journals as a note of caution.
A research team from Padjadjaran University (Unpad) in Bandung, West Java, is currently designing a rapid testing method to detect COVID-19 through saliva samples. They are also preparing a mobile application to support the reporting system for rapid test kit results.
Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD was quick to defend the government's insistence of hosting the regional elections during the pandemic, despite critics calling for a postponement.
