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Indonesia eases COVID-19 restrictions in Bali, borders to be tightened

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Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Fathin Ungku, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Tourists walk on a beach as the government extends restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus disease in Badung, Bali, Indonesia September 9, 2021. Nyoman Hendra Wibowo, Antara Foto via Reuters" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/09/14/20210909-health-coronavirus-indonesia.jpg"/><figcaption>Tourists walk on a beach as the government extends restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus disease in Badung, Bali, Indonesia September 9, 2021. <em>Nyoman Hendra Wibowo, Antara Foto via Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>JAKARTA—Indonesia has eased its COVID-19 restrictions on the popular tourist island of Bali, although international travelers will face stricter protocols on arrival to help curb the spread of new variants, a senior minister said on Monday.</p><p>Tourist spots in most parts of the island will now accept visitors, maritime and investment minister Luhut Panjaitan told a virtual conference, as long as they adhere to strict protocols, such as proving their vaccination status on a government-verified phone app.</p><p>&quot;The rapidly improving COVID-19 situation in Java and Bali has caused the PPKM level to decline faster than we expected,&quot; Panjaitan told the conference, referring to Indonesia&#x27;s system of social mobility restrictions.</p><p>The level of social mobility restrictions in Bali will be evaluated weekly.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/13/21/vietnams-covid-19-epicenter-to-keep-virus-curbs">Vietnam&#x27;s biggest city to keep virus curbs, flight resumption sought</a></li></ul><p>International visitors, however, must undergo an eight-day quarantine and take three PCR tests before they enter the island.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/13/21/new-zealand-keeps-auckland-in-strict-lockdown-to-beat-delta">New Zealand keeps Auckland in strict lockdown to beat Delta</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Firm action&quot; would be taken against those who flout the restrictions, Panjaitan said, but he did not say what those penalties would include.</p><p>Later at the conference, Indonesia&#x27;s health minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, said that borders to the country would be tightened.</p><p>&quot;The government has decided to strengthen the country&#x27;s entry points, by equipping and tightening the quarantine process at sea, land and air,&quot; Sadikin said, adding that Indonesia would strengthen the use of genome sequencing to quickly identify new variants of the coronavirus.</p><p>Plans to reopen Bali to foreign tourists earlier this year were scrapped when the country was overwhelmed by a devastating second wave driven by the highly infectious Delta variant, first identified in India.</p><p>Indonesia has suffered from one of the worst outbreaks of the coronavirus across Asia, with more than 4 million cases and 138,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/10/21/the-way-we-were-denmark-lifts-all-covid-curbs">The way we were: Denmark lifts all COVID curbs</a></li></ul><p>After peaking at more than 56,000 cases on July 15, the number of COVID-19 cases reported daily has dropped significantly in the past month. The country recorded less than 3,000 cases on Monday. (Reporting by Agustinus Beo Da Costa; Writing by Fathin Ungku; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Alex Richardson)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/10/21/biden-vaccine-hesitancy-stopping-us-from-beating-covid">Biden: ‘Minority’ vaccine-hesitant Americans preventing US from overcoming COVID</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1771858" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Fathin Ungku,

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Published Sep 14, 2021 07:07 AM PHT

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Updated Sep 14, 2021 07:48 AM PHT

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