Indonesia added another 12 countries eligible for its visa on arrival for tourism (VKSKKW) scheme, including Egypt, Russia and Ukraine.
Foreign nationals from Ukraine, Russia, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Peru, Serbia and Jordan will be able to enter Indonesia through any of nine airports, 11 seaports and four land borders posts designated for international tourist arrivals.
The government continues to relax COVID-19 border restrictions to spur economic growth.
Media reports noted that Indonesia is planning to expand the list of countries whose citizens are exempt from the tourist visa requirement that has been put on hold indefinitely.
Last week, the COVID-19 cases fell by 11%, compared with the week before, but cases continue to rise in the Americas region, World Health Organization (WHO) announced.
"These trends should be interpreted with caution," the WHO warned, "as several countries have been progressively changing COVID-19 testing strategies, resulting in lower overall numbers of tests performed and consequently lower numbers of cases detected."
"What I can say is that the total number of fevered persons—people suspected with COVID-19—is over 3.7 million reported from DPRK," said Maria Van Kerkhove, PhD, the WHO COVID lead. "There are many recoveries that have been reported, but there is limited information that we have from the country currently."
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