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Indonesia Fears Covid-19 Surge as 20 Million Travel for Holidays

Visitors at Fatahilah museum at Kota Tua old town following the government reopening of tourism spots in Jakarta on Oct. 24.Photographer: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images

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By Arys Aditya and Claire Jiao

October 25, 2021 at 10:32 AM UTC

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Indonesia is bracing for a potential upsurge in infections with almost 20 million people estimated to travel in Java and Bali for the year-end holidays.

Testing will be made mandatory on all modes of transport as tourist sites reopen, Luhut Panjaitan, coordinating minister for maritime and investment affairs who’s overseeing the pandemic response, said in his weekly briefing Monday. Currently, negative PCR test results are required for passengers traveling by air.