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KOMPAS.com – The Covid-19 case in India experienced a high spike and was touted as the Covid-19 tsunami.
Daily positive case reports for the coronavirus in India have topped 300,000 in recent days.
Along with the spike in cases, it is said that there was an exodus of Indian citizens who entered Indonesian territory.
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In order to WNA from India, it is said that he came to Indonesia because his country is currently experiencing a high spike in Covid-19 cases.
The following is some information regarding the exodus of Indian foreigners to Indonesia:
1. It’s been isolated
Head of the Health Quarantine Sub-Directorate General of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Ministry of Health, Bengat Saragih, said that currently the foreigner who came from India had been isolated in a hotel.
“We have carried out strict monitoring, because there is an exodus of information. So, for Soekarno-Hatta we have asked them to place them in a hotel so that they can be easily monitored,” Bengat said as quoted from Antara. Kompas.com, Friday (23/4/2021).
2. Check data to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Regarding the alleged exodus of foreigners from India to Indonesia, Head of the Covid-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo has asked Covid-19 Task Force spokesman Wiku Adisasmito to ask about this to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Pak Wiku, please contact the Director General of Immigration and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is it true (there is an Indian foreigner),” Doni was quoted as saying from the news on Friday (23/4/2021).
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His party emphasized that there is no policy that allows foreigners to enter the middle of controlling cases.
“Don’t let us let the foreigners come. Unless he has a Kitas. Outside it is not allowed. One side of the homecoming is not allowed, but there are foreigners who are facilitated,” said Doni.
3. 454 Indian foreigners entered Indonesia
India reported more than 200,000 cases of the new coronavirus, as of Thursday (15/4/2021), with 14 million infected overall, and is increasingly putting a strain on its fragile health care system.–
The Class I Immigration Office for Immigration Checkpoints (TPI) at Soekarno-Hatta Airport recorded 454 Indian citizens (WN) who entered Indonesia on 11-22 April 2021.
Head of the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Immigration Office, Romi Yudianto, said the 454 Indian citizens entered Indonesia via Soekarno-Hatta Airport.
“In total, from April 11 to April 22 (2021), 454 Indian citizens have entered,” said Romi via text message, Friday (23/4/2021).
The 454 Indian citizens consist of 244 visitor visa holders, 69 holders of Limited Stay Permit (Kitas) cards, 23 holders of Permanent Stay Permits (Kitap), 52 holders of Limited Stay Permits, and 66 transportation crew.
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4. Licensing
Quoted Kompas.com, Thursday (23/4/2021) Head of Soekarno-Hatta Airport Immigration Office, Romi Yudianto, said that the 117 Indians arrived using an Air Asia plane with flight number XZ988.
Romi also said that they came with appropriate permits to enter Indonesia.
This permit is proven by ownership of a Limited Stay Permit Card (Kitas) or Ownership of a Permanent Stay Permit Card (Kitap).
He said all Indians had screened the Covid-19 test conducted by the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Port Health Office (KKP) officers.
“The health examination used PCR. After examining the documents, the 117 Indians met the requirements to enter Indonesia, namely the owners of Kitas and Kitap,” explained Romi.
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5. A total of 12 people tested positive for Covid-19
Regarding the arrival of the Indian foreigner, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said, of the hundreds of Indian foreigners, 12 people were positive for Covid-19.
According to Budi, the government has done this whole genome sequencing to find out the variant of the Covid-19 virus from these foreigners, but are still waiting for the results.
“Until now there have been 12 passengers (foreigners from India) who have tested positive, and of the 12 passengers we have done genome sequencing but the results have not come out,” he said as quoted from Antara. Kompas.com , Thursday (23/4/2021).
6. Indonesia limits flights from India
The government announced restrictions on flights from India to Indonesia.
This policy was pursued following a spike in Covid-19 cases in India.
“We do have an attitude to be selective about flights from India, including limiting flights. So if there is, we do it selectively,” said Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi. Kompas.com, Thursday (23/4/2021).
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Budi said the government had temporarily canceled regular flights from India.
This means that none of the flights carry passengers.
“We do not allow all passenger flights,” he said.
The statement itself appeared after the public was enlivened by the arrival of Indian foreigners.
(Source: Kompas.com/ Pekanbaru contributor, Idon Tanjung, Muhammad Naufal, Haryanti Puspa Sari | Editor Icha Rastika, Ursita Sari, Abba Gabrillin, Pythag Kurniati)
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