Shorter quarantine period

Welcome to Bali: Japanese tourists waving as they arrive at the Denpasar airport from Narita, Japan. — Reuters

JAKARTA said that it plans to cut the quarantine period for travellers – both foreigners and citizens who have had a booster shot – from five to three days with officials pointing to signs of a slowdown in Covid-19 cases.

The new rule will take effect “on March 1 or earlier” depending on the situation, and quarantine may be lifted on April 1 if the situation further improves, said Luhut Pandjaitan, the senior minister in charge of coordinating Covid-19 efforts on the country’s most populous island of Java as well as Bali.