Indonesia's five-day Covid-19 quarantine rule too risky: Experts

Passengers are seen at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, in July 2020. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Amid a resurgence of Covid-19 cases globally and growing concerns of more transmissible coronavirus variants, doubts have been raised as to whether Indonesia's quarantine policy would be sufficient in protecting the country from these threats.

Current rules require international traveLlers to quarantine for five days upon arriving in Indonesia, but travel from India is now an exception due to the country's world record-breaking daily coronavirus cases.