PCR Rules Have Been Published In The Latest Ministry Of Home Affairs

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Home Affairs has made adjustments to the PCR rules for travel requirements for flights in the latest Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian. The Director General of Regional Administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Safrizal said, the PCR provisions for airplane passengers were adjusted in line with the dynamics of the development of the COVID-19 case slope. 19. At the same time absorbing public aspirations and constructive input from various groups. "In accordance with the direction of the president in a limited cabinet meeting on October 25, 2021, that the results of the PCR test as a travel requirement for airplanes, adjustments are made for 3 x 24 hours," said Safrizal, Friday, October 29. Circular of the Director General of Health Services of the Ministry of Health Number HK 02.02/1/3843/2021 October 27, 2021, adjustments were made to the maximum price of the PCR test. The maximum price is IDR 275 thousand for the Java-Bali area, and IDR 300 thousand outside Java-Bali.

The results must be issued within a maximum period of 1x24 hours. This is aimed at increasing the accessibility and reliability of the PCR test for the public. "Based on these provisions, adjustments were made to the provisions of the PCR test as a travel requirement for airplane passengers as stated in the Minister of Home Affairs Number 55 of 2021 concerning amendments to the Minister of Home Affairs Number 53 of 2021," continued he was as quoted from Antara.Inmendagri regarding the implementation of restrictions on community activities at level 3, 2, 1 COVID-19 in the Java and Bali regions, which contained provisions for changes, namely domestic travelers using aircraft must show PCR (H-3) for aircraft. air in and out and between Java-Bali.

"In addition, every airplane passenger must have been vaccinated at least the first dose with proof of vaccination shown through the Peduli Protect application," he said. In the meantime, he said, passengers who use airplanes between regions outside Java and Bali, in addition to showing proof of vaccination at least the first dose, must also PCR (H-3). ) or show the results of an antigen test (H-1). This is regulated in the Minister of Home Affairs Number 56 of 2021 concerning Amendments to the Minister of Home Affairs Number 54 of 2021 regarding the implementation of restrictions on community activities at levels 3, 2, and 1 COVID-19 in the Sumatra, Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua. "This policy was taken by the government with careful consideration, that is, it is still "Remember the limited PCR laboratories in several regencies/cities, especially between islands outside Java and Bali," he said.

The next consideration is to apply the principle of vigilance and prudence in implementing health protocols, due to increased community mobility through public transportation modes. Then, for the process of controlling and anticipating the potential emergence of new variants of COVID-19. Indonesia has been categorized in a low situation according to WHO standards, but the COVID-19 pandemic has not been completed. Therefore, the application of health protocol discipline should not be slack and even continue to be strengthened in parallel with the implementation of tracing and tracking through the PeduliLindung application. Aircraft users will continue to be evaluated taking into account the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.