State officials are disallowed from making overseas journeys.
Jakarta – The Indonesian federal government has actually restricted state officials from traveling abroad in order to avoid the transmission of the Omicron version of COVID-19, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Financial Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has actually notified.
” State officials are barred from making overseas journeys,” Pandjaitan, who is likewise vice chief of the Committee for COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Healing, stated in a composed declaration launched on Wednesday.
The restriction uses to all authorities, other than those performing important state responsibilities, he included.
The minister even more advised the general public not to make abroad journeys.
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” Indonesian residents are called upon not to travel abroad for the time being. The call is intended to prevent (the transmission of the Omicron variant) and keep the existing pandemic circumstance in the country under control,” he discussed.
He further said the government remains in the procedure of preparing third or booster vaccinations for the senior and susceptible individuals.
” The booster vaccines will soon be available in January next year,” he informed.
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As per President Joko Widodo’s regulations, the quarantine duration for foreign and Indonesian nationals with recent international travel history– to countries other than the 11 nations that have refused entry to Indonesian nationals– will be increased to 10 days from 7 days previously, starting December 3, 2021, he stated.
The step has been taken on account of the Omicron version being detected in an increasing variety of nations, he added.
” Obviously, we will continue to assess the step periodically while at the exact same time examining information about the new variant,” he said.
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