Indonesia will no longer require a negative pre-departure test for foreign and domestic travellers, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a news conference.
Indonesia is also lifting its outdoor mask mandate because its COVID-19 outbreaks have started to wane, President Joko Widodo says.
However, a mask mandate remains in place for indoor activities and public transportation, Widodo said.
Widodo also said all fully vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to undergo COVID-19 tests to enter Indonesia.
This announcement came two weeks after the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan by travelling to see their families, which ended two years of pandemic restrictions and travel restrictions.
In lieu of COVID-19 cases declining, it has prompted the government to relax its mask policy.
“When people are doing outdoor activities, or in open areas that are not crowded with people, then they are allowed not to wear masks,” Widodo said in a televised address.
In March, Indonesia lifted quarantine requirements for overseas visitors, joining a number of other countries in the region including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines that have announced or already made such moves.
The government has already lifted many restrictions on mobility that have been in place for two years.
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