COVID-19 Goes Crazy, Government Will Tighten Travelers From India

COVID-19 Handling Task Force Spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito (Photo: Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Task Force for Handling COVID-19, Wiku Adisasmito, said that the government would tighten up travelers from India. Because currently, the COVID-19 cases in India are soaring sharply.

The head of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery Airlangga Hartato will convey this trip tightening this afternoon.

"It will be further regulated by the government to tighten travelers who may come from India, pass through India, or transit in India", said Wiku when met by VOI at Graha BNPB, Central Jakarta, Friday, April 23.

Wiku said that the tightening of these restrictions was carried out so that Indonesia did not miss foreign travelers who brought the coronavirus to Indonesia, although they brought back negative test results from their place of origin.

This is because, on Wednesday, April 21, 135 Indian citizens entered Indonesia using charter planes from India and landed at Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

Then, the foreigner was subjected to another RT PCR examination and the results were 9 positive people. "Currently, the positive Indian foreigners are in isolation", said Wiku.

It is known, over the past two months, COVID-19 cases in India have shown a very sharp spike. The graph shows, initially India has managed to keep its positive cases from continuing to decline and remain at a low stable rate.

However, from mid-February until today, the number of positive cases in India has jumped very sharply. The cases in India from previously only around 9,000 new cases to more than 300,000 new cases per day. This means that the increase reached more than 30 times,", concluded Wiku.