Emergency PPKM, Starting Today 5 July Yogyakarta International Airport Conducts Random Antigen Test

Yogyakarta International Airport. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) Yogyakarta International Airport in Kulon Progo Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, will conduct a random rapid antigen test or RT-PCR to airport service users as a form of policy support for the Implementation of Restrictions on Emergency Community Activities in Java-Bali from 3 -20 July.

The temporary acting General Manager of Yogyakarta International Airport Agus Pandu appealed to people who really have to travel by air during this Emergency PPKM period to be able to prepare flight requirements documents the day before departure correctly and thoroughly.

"People who use airport services must arrive at the airport about three hours before departure time for the convenience and smoothness of the departure process and to avoid piling up inspections of travel requirements documents," said Agus Pandu in a release, quoted from Antara, Monday, July 5.

He said the new air travel provisions were based on the Circular of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) Number SE 45 of 2021 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of Domestic Travel by Air Transportation during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period which came into effect on Monday 5 July.

This Circular of the Ministry of Transportation is a derivative of the Circular Letter of the COVID-19 Task Force (Satgas) number 14 of 2021 concerning Travel Provisions for Domestic People During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

In the Circular Letter of the Ministry of Transportation Number 45 of 2021, it is stated that the document requirements for prospective passengers on flights between airports on Java Island, flights from or to airports on Java Island, and flights from or to airports on Bali Island, namely the first COVID-19 vaccine certificate, letter information on the results of a negative RT-PCR test whose samples are taken within a maximum period of 2x24 hours before departure and fill in the Indonesian e-HAC.

Meanwhile, the document requirements for prospective airplane passengers who will travel outside Java and Bali are a certificate of negative RT-PCR test results whose samples were taken within a maximum period of 2x24 hours before departure or negative RT-A test results which the sample is taken within a maximum period of 1x24 hours before departure; and fill in the Indonesian e-HAC.

However, it was also informed that there are several local government policies related to more specific air travel provisions, such as from and to Central Kalimantan which requires a certificate of negative RT-PCR test results which allows samples to be taken within a maximum of 3x24 hours before departure and must be accompanied by barcodes/QR codes; heading to West Kalimantan which requires a certificate of negative RT-PCR test results which allows samples to be taken within a maximum of 2x24 hours before departure.

Furthermore, from and to Central Sulawesi which requires a certificate of negative RT-PCR test results whose samples are taken within a maximum period of 2x24 hours before departure or negative rapid test antigen results which allow samples to be taken within a maximum period of 2x24 hours before departure, to Sulawesi North which requires a letter of the first dose of vaccine and a certificate of negative RT-PCR test results whose samples are taken within a maximum period of 3x24 hours before departure.

Then, go to Kupang which requires a certificate of negative RT-PCR test results whose samples are taken within a maximum period of 1x24 hours before departure, or negative rapid test antigen results which allow samples to be taken within a maximum period of 1x24 hours before departure.

Finally, go to Balikpapan which requires a certificate of negative RT-PCR test results whose samples are taken within a maximum period of 2x24 hours before departure (for those who are not residents of Balikpapan) or negative rapid antigen test results which allow samples to be taken within a maximum period of 1x24 hours before departure (for residents of Balikpapan).

"For prospective passengers who have not been vaccinated for medical reasons based on a specialist doctor's statement, they can travel by air provided a certificate from a specialist doctor and a negative RT-PCR test result whose samples are taken within a maximum of 2x24 hours before departure," said Agus Pandu.

Furthermore, Agus Pandu said if the results of the RT-PCR test or the antigen rapid test of a prospective passenger who had not been vaccinated for medical reasons were negative but showed symptoms, then the prospective passenger was not allowed to continue the journey and was required to perform an RT-PCR diagnostic test, as well as self-isolation. while waiting for the test results.

"Yogyakarta International Airport officers together with all stakeholders of the airport community are ready to implement the provisions for domestic travel by air at the Java-Bali Emergency PPKM from 3-20 July in accordance with the Decree of the Ministry of Transportation Number 45 of 2021 which will begin to be implemented on 5 July. Our officers "We will also consistently apply health protocols in all airport areas and administrative offices during this pandemic to help reduce the rate of transmission of COVID-19," Agus said.