The Indonesian government says it will ban travellers from Nigeria and seven other African countries over concerns about the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
Indonesia’s senior minister disclosed this at a news conference on Sunday.
He said the travel restrictions will take effect on Monday and reevaluated every two weeks.
Although no single case of Omicron has been reported in Nigeria, travellers who have been to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini, or Nigeria for the past 14 days are affected.
Indonesian coordinating minister for maritime, Luhut Pandjaitan, said Indonesian citizens who have been to the eight African countries and Hong Kong will quarantine in designated facilities for 14 days.
Pandjaitan said travellers entering the country will have to quarantine for seven days compared to three days earlier announced.
