Mandatory Rules For Traveling For Christmas And New Year Holidays That You Need To Know

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) through the Directorate General of Land Transportation (Ditjen Hubdat) issued travel and transportation regulations during the Christmas and New Year (Nataru) holiday season and Joint Leave 2020. All of which are summarized in Circular No. 20 of 2020. One of them requires that to show negative results of the rapid antigen test, as a condition of travel.

The Director General of Land Transportation, Budi Setiyadi, explained that in SE 20 of 2020, several things were discussed. Everyone who is going to travel is obliged to apply health protocols.

"Apart from 3M, wear a mask, keep your distance and avoid crowds, and wash your hands with soap / hand sanitizer. For trips to Bali, you must show a negative result of the antigen rapid test not later than 3 days before departure and fill out e-HAC Indonesia," said Director General Budi in his statement, Tuesday, December 22.

In addition, for travel by land transportation from and to Java Island as well as within Java Island (between provinces / districts / cities), it is advisable to use a rapid antigen test no later than 3 x 24 hours before departure as a travel requirement and must fill out Indonesia's e-HAC.

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"Especially for children under the age of 12 years are not required to take the RT-PCR test or the rapid antigen test as a condition of travel," he added.

So far the Ministry of Transportation has issued 4 (four) SEs on Guidelines for People Travel for land transportation (SE Director General of Land Transportation No. 20 of 2020), sea (SE Director General of Sea Transportation No. 21 of 2020), air (SE Director General of Civil Aviation No. 22 of 2020), and railways (SE of the Director General of Railways No. 23 of 2020).

The validity period of the SE Ministry of Transportation for Sea, Air and Railway transportation is valid from 22 December 2020 - 8 January 2021 and for land transportation is valid from 19 December - 8 January 2021.

However, for people traveling within an urban agglomeration area, such as Jabodetabek, they are not required to show a result of a rapid antigen test as a condition of travel.

"All the provisions of SE 20/2020 apply to cross-border transportation, inter-city inter-provincial transportation, inter-city transportation within the province, inter-provincial shuttle transportation, tourism transportation, individual motorized vehicles (passenger cars and motorbikes), as well as river, lake, transportation. and crossings, "concluded Director General Budi.