Independent Quarantine Exceptions Only For Echelon One And Above Officials, If Not Cooperative Can Be Penalized

ILLUSTRATION/WISMA ATHLET KEMAYORAN/VOI DOK

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the COVID-19 vaccination of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Dr. Siti Nadia Tarmizi, emphasized that the granting of self-quarantine exceptions is only for public officials of echelon one and above who travel from abroad.

Nadia said that self-quarantine must be carried out with a 10-day evaluation period, and given based on certain considerations.

"The recommendation for self-quarantine is of course given to them with limitations such as official considerations," Nadia said in a PPKM Press Release quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 15.

Nadia hopes that every violator of the quarantine provisions will be dealt with firmly, including returning them to the quarantine area.

Meanwhile, if the quarantine actors are not cooperative, then sanctions can be applied as stipulated in Article 14 of the Infectious Disease Outbreak Law and Article 93 of the Health Quarantine Act.

Nadia emphasized that the quarantine rules refer to the SE COVID-19 Task Force number 25/2021 regarding international travel health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Based on these rules, all Indonesian citizens and foreigners who have just arrived from abroad are required to quarantine for 10 days without exception at the available facilities.

Of course, for Indonesian citizens there are two facilities that can be provided, namely from the government or at a cost that is borne independently.

Meanwhile for foreigners, quarantine is carried out completely at the expense of each traveler.

Exceptions to the quarantine obligation of Indonesian citizens are of course carried out in urgent circumstances if they have life-threatening health conditions, require special attention, and are in mourning conditions, such as a nuclear family member who dies.

"In response to the emergence of the development of a new variant of Omicron and approaching the Christmas and New Year holidays, the government again urges the public to remain vigilant by tightening health protocols using the PeduliLindung application and getting vaccinated immediately," said Nadia.