I'm Well! Riding An Airplane No Need To Bring PCR Results Or Antigens

Illustration of a domestic airline (Photo by Aldrin Rachman Pradana on Unsplash)

JAKARTA - For residents who still often use air transportation for business trips, there is good news from the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. No need to bother bringing PCR-Antigen results as a condition for departure.

The government will revoke the requirements for PCR and antigen swab tests for domestic or domestic travelers. But about the time, can not be ascertained.

The waiver of the obligation to show a negative COVID-19 test result for travel and the date of its entry into force will be confirmed in a circular issued in the near future.

"Domestic travelers using air, sea, or land transportation who have carried out a second or complete dose of vaccination no longer need to show evidence of a negative antigen or PCR test. This will be stipulated in a circular letter to be issued by the relevant ministries and institutions that will be published in in the near future," said Luhut Pandjaitan, Monday, March 7.

This easing of travel requirements is carried out in the context of the transition to normal activities. Then, the current pandemic condition also continues to improve.

The latest data shows that community mobility has also increased quite high. This can be seen in the movement of Google Mobility data which was monitored by the government in the past week.

Therefore, to suppress the spread of the corona virus in the midst of high mobility and easing restrictions, Luhut encourages the level of community immunity by accelerating the achievement of the second dose of vaccination, especially for the elderly.

"Currently, the vaccination dose for the elderly has reached 62 percent for the entire Java-Bali region. But we will continue to pursue it to get even higher," said Luhut.

Furthermore, Luhut revealed that every policy that the government has taken to date is of course implemented on the basis and input from experts and experts in their fields.

"Besides that, all the roadmaps that have been made to date are still being implemented with the precautionary principle and still upholding the stages that we often convey, namely gradual, gradual, and continuing to mitigate unwanted things," he added.