Starting April 1, 2022, Batam International Port Implements Kimia Farma PCR Test For International Tourists

Sri Bintan International Port, Pura Tanjungpinang. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Starting April 1, 2022, international ports in Batam City, Tanjungpinang and Bintan Regency will prepare PCR swab test facilities for all foreign tourists. This facility is the result of cooperation between the Riau Islands Transportation Service and PT Kimia Farma (Persero) Tbk

This certainty is as stated by the Head of the Riau Islands Transportation Service, Junaidi, quoted by Antara, Sunday, March 27. Kimia Farma ensures that the results of the swab test can be known after two hours. Therefore, the Riau Islands COVID-19 Handling Task Force gives two options to foreign tourists, whether to wait for the health check at the port or at the hotel. hotel rooms that have been prepared," he said. Junaidi said the Riau Islands Provincial Government together with the Batam and Tanjungpinang Governments, the Port Health Office, the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association, INSA, KSOP and Pelindo had held a meeting to discuss preparations for the arrival of foreign tourists at international ports.

Batam and Bintan have prepared facilities for the arrival of foreign tourists from nine ASEAN countries as well as 25 countries that have received Visa On Arrival (VOA) facilities. "Batam and Bintan have prepared facilities at ports and hotels during the implementation of the travel bubble policy," he said. "For Tanjungpinang, Junaidi said three hotels have been designated as places to stay for foreign tourists, namely Aston Hotel, Comforta Hotel and Plaza Hotel," he said.