Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Imperial Government Japan will prepare special flights for their citizens who want to return from Indonesia. The preparations were made in line with the surge in positive confirmed cases of Covid-19.
This stems from the many Japanese companies that repatriate their employees to the country. Quoted from NHK, employees and family members of a number of companies were evacuated due to the instructions of the head office in Sakura Country.
“One company will fly a charter plane on Wednesday to evacuate employees and their family members from Indonesia,” the media wrote on Tuesday (13/7/2021).
A resident named Okutsu So who works at the Japanese logistics office in Jakarta also confirmed this. He said more people would return to Jakarta in response to their headquarters’ instructions.
As of Tuesday (13/7/2021), Indonesia recorded a new record of new daily cases of 47,899. While from Nikkei AsiaUntil yesterday, it was discovered that 14 Japanese nationals had died from Covid-19.
Like a tit for tat, in a press conference that was published Nikkei Asia On Tuesday evening, Japanese Cabinet Secretariat Minister Katsunobu Kato said the government would support the return of citizens from Indonesia. He explained that Japanese commercial airlines will operate special flights from Wednesday (14/7/2021).
“From the point of view of protecting Japanese nationals, we have decided to take action … so that Japanese citizens who wish to return can return to Japan as soon as possible and as much as possible,” he said.
“After that, we plan to take similar actions in response to requests from Japanese citizens,” Kato said.
Japan has designated Indonesia as a country that requires special measures for borders due to the effects of the corona virus, especially the Delta variant. Residents will be quarantined for up to 10 days after returning to Japan.
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