Amidst worry of the Omicron outbreak, Indonesia has barred travellers from Denmark, Norway, and the UK apart from ten African nations and extended the quarantine period for all arrivals to 14 days, in accordance with the Jakarta Post.
Giveaway decided to add Denmark, Norway, and the UK to the no-entry record as a result of “Omicron has been spreading very fast in all three of them,” the Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan advised the press on Monday.
According to media stories, Denmark and Norway count on Omicron to account for most new infections within the coming weeks, with the UK piling as a lot as one hundred,000 infections daily.
At a separate press conference, Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said that Indonesia is considering rising the mandated self-quarantine for folks entering from abroad by 4 days to 14 days.
However, such a step would most definitely be momentary for the rationale that government would assess travel rules and Covid-19 case tendencies. He also urged Indonesians to spend their year-end holidays at residence or only at local vacationer spots, which start in the third week of December.
According to Extraordinary from the Transportation Ministry, roughly eleven million individuals will journey within Indonesia in the course of the holidays..g