A medical worker strolls in an aisle of the makeshift Covid-19 medical facility inhabiting the athletes town structure in Central Jakarta on Sept. 20, 2020.( Beritasatu Photo/Joanito De Saojoao)
BY: JAYANTY NADA SHOFA
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Jakarta. The federal government will present stricter quarantine guidelines connected to worldwide travel after an Omicron-infected client got away from the necessary isolation, a senior official stated on Monday.
All travelers showing up from abroad journeys undergo the compulsory 10- day quarantine and stricter treatments will be implemented for those seeking to be exempt from the responsibility, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan informed an interview in Jakarta.
Indonesia’s Omicron tally as of Sunday stands at 46 confirmed cases, of which most come from worldwide travelers. Indonesia is isolating its Omicron cases at the makeshift hospital Wisma Atlet in Central Jakarta and at the Sulianti Saroso Transmittable Illness Healthcare Facility.
Luhut stated one of the patients has actually run away from the facility but he declined to divulge the patient’s identity.
” Someone got away [from quarantine] and left with member of the family. I hope this does not take place again,” Luhut said.
Any ask for quarantine dispensation can only be issued for immediate matters, according to Luhut.
” Dispensation requests must be coupled with strong reasons like medical professional suggestion, health, and other urgent matters. However there is a procedure that should be followed,” he said.
Jakarta has actually been receiving thousands of international tourists considering that the government reopened borders and appointed just 2 airports in neighboring Tangerang and North Sulawesi’s Manado to get worldwide arrivals in September.
The obligatory 10- day quarantine was imposed as an extra border measure to minimize the risk of the importation of the Omicron coronavirus variation.
” As soon as we put everyone and enforce a lockdown in Wisma Atlet, we do not see an increase [in Omicron cases],” Luhut said.
However, the government can not validate if the Omicron variant has actually spread to other areas.
He stated the federal government plans to open Juanda International Airport in the East Java capital of Surabaya to international arrivals to relieve the problem in Jakarta.
” We must include another entry point due to the fact that if the variety of arrivals in Jakarta alone reaches 6,000 the quarantine center will be crowded,” Luhut stated.
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