Domestic Flight Requirements Use PCR or Antigen Tests? This is the Ministry of Transportation’s answer

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Ministry of Transportation spokeswoman Adita Irawati said her ministry was coordinating with the Covid-19 Handling Task Force regarding user requirements. flight domestic.

“If the Task Force has revised the SE, we will certainly adjust it,” Adita told Tempo, Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

He said this was related to the consistency of the reference rules. The reason is, so far the provisions issued by the Ministry of Transportation always refer to the Circular of the Covid-19 Handling Task Force.

Previously, the Minister of Home Affairs issued the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 53 of 2021 concerning the Implementation of Restrictions on Community Activities Level 3, Level 3 and Level 1 Covid-19 in the Java and Bali Regions issued on Monday, October 18, 2021. today, Tuesday, October 19, 2021.

One of these rules stipulates that domestic travelers, especially those using airplanes, must prepare a vaccine card for at least the first dose and test results PCR. The results of the PCR test as one of the flight requirements must be taken at least two days before departure (D-2).

The Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs is different from the previously applicable rules regarding travel requirements by plane. Previously, the flight requirements were regulated in the Minister of Home Affairs Number 47 of 2021 concerning the Implementation of Level 4, Level 3, Level 2, and Level 1 Corona Virus Disease 2019 Restrictions in the Java and Bali Regions.

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