Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian government plans to make a booster shot against COVID-19 a requirement for tourists amid the increasing cases of COVID-19 in severalregions in the country, spokesman for the Indonesian Ministry ofHealth Mohammad Syahril stated.
He noted that the national COVID-19 pandemic situation was undercontrol in June, with a positivity rate indicator below 1.15% and atransmission rate of 1.03 per 100 thousand inhabitants per week.
On June 30, the number of cases in Indonesia rose to 2,200, but then declined to 1,434 on July 4.
However, the increase in new cases to over 1,000 cases per day is a warning tothe public regarding the spread of the current Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants,Syahril said.
Previously, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment andconcurrently Coordinator of Community Activity Restriction (PPKM) for theJava-Bali region, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, stated that the need for boostervaccine as a travel requirement will be implemented in the next two weeks atthe latest.
The decision was agreed at a recent cabinetmeeting chaired by President Widodo, and will be regulated through the COVID-19Task Force regulation and other derivative regulations./.
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