Good News, Vaccination Services At Soekarno-Hatta Airport Open 24 Hours

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Soekarno-Hatta Airport vaccination center service is open for 24 hours so that prospective airplane passengers can always apply health protocols during the Java-Bali Emergency Community Activity Restriction (PPKM) period.

"Through the new operating hours, the Vaccination Centers Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 support each other to provide vaccinations that can meet the needs of prospective passengers to make urgent trips on every flight schedule that is available for 24 hours at Soekarno-Hatta Airport every day," said the President. Director of PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero) Muhammad Awaluddin, quoted from Antara, Thursday, July 8.

Muhammad Awaluddin said the expansion of this service includes an extension of operating hours, where the Terminal 2 Vaccination Center is now open at 08.00 - 17.00 WIB and 22.00 - 03.00 WIB. Meanwhile, the Terminal 3 Vaccination Center is open at 08.00 - 17.00 WIB and 20.00 - 01.00 WIB.

Previously, the two vaccination centers only operated at 08.00 - 17.00 WIB and made prospective airplane passengers have to wait a long time to get vaccinated if they had to travel urgently, for example in the early morning.

He continued, any airline ticket holder can vaccinate at the Vaccination Center Terminal 2 or Terminal 3.

He explained that the main purpose of extending the operating hours of the vaccination center was to ensure that airplane passengers comply with health protocols so that the aviation sector can continue to support urgent trips made by the community during the Java - Bali Emergency PPKM.

"We hope that this vaccination center can also support the acceleration of the vaccination program launched by the government," he said.

However, the vaccination dose at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Vaccination Center is currently limited to around 1,000 doses per day.

As is known, in the Java-Bali Emergency PPKM which will take place from 3 to 20 July 2021, the government enforces the Minister of Transportation Circular No. 45 of 2021, which includes requiring domestic flight passengers to show a vaccination card for at least the first dose and the results of a PCR test whose samples are taken a maximum of 2x24 hours before departure.

"AP II thanks stakeholders including the Port Health Office of the Ministry of Health [KKP of the Ministry of Health] and airlines who have fully supported the operation of the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Vaccination Center," said Muhammad Awaluddin.

The Soekarno-Hatta Airport Vaccination Center in Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 first operates on July 3, 2021.

On 3 - 6 July or within 4 operational days, the number of vaccinations carried out at the Vaccination Centers of Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 has been carried out on 2,897 people.

Meanwhile, the vaccination centers at 18 AP II airports as of July 6th had vaccinated 4,189 people.

"Vaccination centers at AP II airports to support prospective aircraft passengers to meet health protocols in the middle of the Java - Bali Emergency PPKM. We also urge that travel by air transportation during the Java - Bali Emergency PPKM is carried out if only in urgent circumstances, and prospective Airplane passengers are always required to comply with applicable health protocols," he concluded.