Indonesia scraps quarantine for overseas arrivals

FILE PHOTO: Visitors walk after they arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has removed its quarantine requirement for all arrivals from overseas, its tourism minister said on Monday, responding to improvements in its containment of the coronavirus

The decision, effective immediately, follows the successful implementation of a quarantine waiver this month for visitors vaccinated against COVID-19 on the islands of Bali, Batam, and Bintan, minister Sandiaga Uno told a news conference.