The Travel Requirements Before And After The Prohibition Of Homecoming Are Tightened, The Task Force Asks The Local Government To Make Sanctions For Violators

COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito (Photo: BNPB dock)

JAKARTA - The government, through the Task Force for Handling COVID-19, Wiku Adisasmito, has tightened travel requirements before and after the 2021 Eid homecoming ban.

This is stated in the Addendum to Circular Letter Number 13 of 2021 concerning the elimination of the Idulfitri 1442 Hijriah homecoming. In the addendum, travel requirements have been tightened since D-17, the homecoming period is prohibited, namely April 22 to May 5 and until D + 7 on May 18 to 24.

Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, asked all local governments to make technical derivative regulations, as well as sanctions for violators.

"I appeal to all local governments to follow up on SE Task Force Number 13 with legal instruments that are compatible and not in conflict for the success of the national program," Wiku said in the Presidential Secretariat Youtube broadcast, Thursday, April 22.

As for the protocol, travelers on air, train, sea, and sea crossings on D-14 and H + 7 are required to show a negative RT-PCR test result certificate or antigen rapid test whose sample is taken a maximum of 1x24 hours before departure.

If you want to use GeNose, do it just before departure. Then, the traveler must fill out Indonesia's e-HAC.

Specifically for routine trips by sea transportation mode for limited shipping within the area of one sub-district / regency / province or urban agglomeration area (Jabodetabek), it is not required to show a negative test result letter.

The protocol for land public transportation travelers will be a randomized rapid test antigen or GeNose test by the respective regional COVID-19 Task Force.

For private land transportation players, Doni appealed to the RT-PCR test or rapid antigen test, the samples of which were taken a maximum of 1x24 hours before departure. You can also test the GeNose C19 in the rest area as a requirement to continue your trip. Then, a random test will be carried out if the regional COVID-19 Task Force is needed.

Then, children under the age of 5 are not required to take a COVID-19 test as a condition of travel. If the test results are negative but the traveler has symptoms, they may not continue their journey and are required to return to the RT-PCR test and self-isolation.

Wiku said that the additional criteria for travelers who can apply for a travel agent's permit were treated, namely people who have an interest in traveling non-travelers.

"Later, more detailed criteria will be regulated by the Ministry or related institutions or the local government to serve as a reference for the movement of people between regions in the period before and after the elimination of the homecoming period, without complicating essential and urgent community activities," explained Wiku.