Coronavirus: Indonesia relaxes mask mandates, scraps tests for travellers as it learns to ‘live with the virus’

Masks must still be worn indoors and on public transport. Authorities recommend the elderly and those with health conditions continue to use them
Fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need Covid tests to enter Indonesia. In March, the country lifted quarantine requirements for overseas visitors

Indonesia will drop requirements for people to mask up outdoors and for vaccinated travellers to show negative pre-departure tests, officials said on Tuesday, as Covid-19 infections decline in the Southeast Asian country.

“When people are doing outdoor activities, or in open areas that are not crowded with people, then they are allowed not to wear masks,” President Joko Widodo said in a televised address.

But masks must still be worn indoors and on public transport, he said, also recommending the elderly and those with underlying health conditions or coughs continue to use them as well.

Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3178139/coronavirus-indonesia-relaxes-mask-mandates-scraps-tests