Not only planes, the government will require conditions PCR for other transportation. Despite the flood of criticism, mandatory PCR requirements were implemented to reduce the risk of COVID-19 cases amid increasing mobility.
Head of Health Handling of the COVID-19 Task Force Alexander Ginting said the policy was being studied. Provisions when it comes into effect are expected to be announced in the next one to two days.
“It is being closely monitored and reviewed by various teams across agencies and ministries,” Alex told detik.com Tuesday (26/10/2021).
“We are waiting for progress today or tomorrow,” he continued.
The government has not specified exactly what modes of transportation will then be required to show a negative COVID-19 PCR test result. Epidemiologist Dicky Budiman, Australia’s Griffith University, previously assessed that if the mandatory application of PCR was imposed on aircraft, this provision should also apply to land and sea transportation modes with a higher risk of transmission.
Dicky regrets the policy PCR applied to airplane travel, this is because the risk of transmitting Corona on the plane actually tends to be low.
“When it comes to airplane flights, the risk of cluster transmission on the plane is very small compared to other modes of transportation, because it has a filter with HEPA circulating 20 times an hour, making transmission very small,” said Dicky when contacted. detik.com, written Monday (10/25/2021).
Separately, the Java Bali PPKM Coordinator Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan explained that the government was still balancing the relaxation rules amidst the threat of wave 3 of COVID-19. This is accompanied by fears of an increase in COVID-19 cases which are starting to be seen again in 105 districts and cities.
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