Indonesia extends the 10-day quarantine requirement to all international visitors

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

As the Omicron variety continues to spread around the globe, Indonesia has doubled the necessary quarantine time for all overseas visitors from seven to ten days, effective Friday (Dec 3).

Foreigners who visited South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini, Malawi, Angola, Zambia, or Hong Kong over the previous two weeks were barred from entering Indonesia, according to the authorities.

Indonesians returning from these countries are exempt, however they are subject to a 14-day quarantine.

 

President Joko Widodo authorised the longer quarantine period, according to Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, who is overseeing the government's Covid-19 response in Java and Bali.

Mr Luhut said on Wednesday that "this policy will be revisited every now and then as we learn and continue to find out more information about this new version."

"We also advise the population not to travel abroad at this time to help control the country's pandemic situation."

 

Government officials will also be barred from travelling abroad unless they are assigned to key diplomatic missions.

At the time, little is known about the Omicron variation.

Preliminary evidence suggests it may be more contagious than Delta, the most infectious Covid-19 variation to date.

According to Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, despite its worrying transmissibility, preliminary data suggest that Omicron symptoms may be less severe than Delta's.

 

At least 24 nations have so far discovered the new version, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Italy, the United States, Belgium, and Saudi Arabia.
So yet, no deaths have been documented as a result of this variation.

Although no instances of the Omicron form have been discovered in Indonesia, the government has been stepping up preparations to mitigate the potential damage should it arrive.

 

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Edited December 5, 2021 by ASEAN NOW Content Team

[fangless]

Just now, ASEAN NOW Content Team said:

has doubled the necessary quarantine time for all overseas visitors from seven to ten days

Since when has ten been the double of seven?

[Oblomov]

On 12/5/2021 at 9:01 AM, fangless said:

Since when has ten been the double of seven?

When I was applying it went down to 4 nights/5 days for a brief period as they had close to zero arrivals and no landing slots booked by any intnl airline