Coming soon: No more PCR/antigen tests for fully vaccinated domestic travellers.

[dafluff]

Domestic travel within Indonesia will soon no longer require PCR/antigen tests for fully vaccinated travelers.

A government circular making this official is expected very soon, says Pak Luhut.

Terbaru! Naik Pesawat-KA Tak Wajib Tes Corona Jika Sudah Vaksin Lengkap

Pelaku perjalanan domestik yang sudah mendapat dosis vaksinasi lengkap tidak perlu lagi menunjukkan bukti tes antigen dan PCR negatif.

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[nd_eric_77]

Domestic travel within Indonesia will soon no longer require PCR/antigen tests for fully vaccinated travelers.

A government circular making this official is expected very soon, says Pak Luhut.

Terbaru! Naik Pesawat-KA Tak Wajib Tes Corona Jika Sudah Vaksin Lengkap

Pelaku perjalanan domestik yang sudah mendapat dosis vaksinasi lengkap tidak perlu lagi menunjukkan bukti tes antigen dan PCR negatif.

news.detik.com

Great news! Hopefully, "fully vaccinated" does not require a booster.

 

[snpark]

2 x is fully

 

[Vulgarian]

Do we know when "soon" is?

 

[snpark]

Besok

 

[ChrisTex]

Great news as my wife and I have a wedding to attend in her hometown in 2 weeks.

 

[Ruserious]

Apparently international quarantine reduced to 1 day effective immediately? A bit confusing as they say Umrah and overseas travelers. So i presume that means everyone travelling overseas? Also note the crazy 47% positive rate mentioned for those returning from Umrah. Maybe a longer quarantine should still be in place for those guys.

Umrah and Overseas Travellers Quarantine Reduced to One Day

Going to and returning from Umrah trips - an Islamic pilgrimage taken at any time of the year - as well as overseas travellers has been reduce

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[Helpful Herbert]

Also note the crazy 47% positive rate mentioned for those returning from Umrah.

Have you seen how close those people are to each other at the airport? When they queue they like to have about 2cm to the guy in front, otherwise they sit packed in little circles on the airport floor. The concept of social distancing hasn't registered yet.

 

[gemima]

Have you seen how close those people are to each other at the airport? When they queue they like to have about 2cm to the guy in front, otherwise they sit packed in little circles on the airport floor. The concept of social distancing hasn't registered yet.

Also, the conditions (non rich) Indonesian citizens are kept in during their Umrah trip are far from ideal - squeezed into busses and kept in communal dormitories. Idea conditions for virus spread.

 

[Banana72]

Apparently international quarantine reduced to 1 day effective immediately? A bit confusing as they say Umrah and overseas travelers. So i presume that means everyone travelling overseas? Also note the crazy 47% positive rate mentioned for those returning from Umrah. Maybe a longer quarantine should still be in place for those guys.

Umrah and Overseas Travellers Quarantine Reduced to One Day

Going to and returning from Umrah trips - an Islamic pilgrimage taken at any time of the year - as well as overseas travellers has been reduce

indonesiaexpat.id

As much as I hate the idea of quarantine....I think 2x24 hours quarantine with PCR is a happy medium for Int'l travellers...with the negatives obviously free to go home (to me at least). Maybe 1 or 2 days won't make a difference, I don't know.

Did somebody say something about different CT value in Europe (?) as benchmark vs Indonesia? (like in Indonesia I heard that a minimum of 40 is considered negative, while in some other countries maybe a ct value at much lower value is considered negative.

 

[Ruserious]

I dont mind 24 hours, 2x24 hours or even longer for quarantine. What i find hard to take is the possibility of testing positive and not be allowed to quarantine at home or at the same hotel but being forced to an unknown place of unknown quality. I imagine that is a big deterrence to tourists

 

[dafluff]

Official now via:

https://covid19.go.id/storage/app/m...andemi-corona-virus-disease-2019-covid-19.pdf

 

[R Cameron]

What i find hard to take is the possibility of testing positive and not be allowed to quarantine at home or at the same hotel but being forced to an unknown place of unknown quality.

I thought the past few regulations made it so you stay at the same hotel if you test positive with mild or no symptoms?