Members of Indonesia Red Cross prepare to sterilise Kemayoran Athletes VIllage in Jakarta. - JP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The government has said that certain conditions must be met before restrictions can be tightened in response to the highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant as it added more countries to the travel ban list.
The move came as other countries reimposed or mulled reinstating stricter curbs in response to Omicron, which the World Health Organization has said poses a “very high” global risk as early research suggests its mutation could lead to higher transmissibility and more Covid-19 cases.
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