IDNEWSNOW.COM, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will add two quarantine accommodations for people returning from overseas. They are the Daan Mogot Apartment Or Condo in West Jakarta, and the Jagakarsa Education Quality Control Institution (LPMP) visitor house in West Jakarta.
The National Covid-19 Job Force 19, Wiku Adisasmito, stated the choice to include quarantine facilities was made to prepare for imported cases of the Omicron variant.
” The federal government has also prepared an unique route for mobilizing international travellers, from when they board off the plane till they reach the quarantine hotels, to avoid the potential of break outs as much as possible,” Wiku stated in a press conference, Thursday, December 23.
To date, Indonesia has actually detected eight Covid-19 cases of the Omicron variant. Authorities said they are all imported cases infecting individuals returning from overseas by air.
The Omicron cases were detected during quarantine. That’s why the federal government is tightening gateways, to avoid as lots of transmissions as possible.
The federal government likewise included quarantine facilities near arrival gates and displays health screening circulation to ensure smooth process and no long lines.
” Once again, the government advises individuals not to travel abroad unless it is really urgent. This is for the safety people all,” he stated.
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