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JAKARTA – Indonesia will keep its doors closed to tourists until a coronavirus vaccine is found and immunity can be provided, a government official said Saturday as the country continued to conduct clinical testing for a vaccine.
“Reopening tourist destinations to foreign tourists is a positive thing, but we want to do it at the right time,” said Erick Thohir, head of Indonesia’s national economic recovery team and COVID-19, in a virtual public debate.
Since Tuesday, Indonesia has been conducting final phase clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine candidate in West Java provincial capital Bandung.
The clinical trial is being conducted with the cooperation of Chinese drug manufacturer Sinovac Biotech Ltd. and a team of Indonesian scientists and researchers, such as Indonesian state drug manufacturer PT Bio Farma.
Once clinical trials are approximately 6 and a half months old, vaccine production will begin and pave the way for providing immunity to the general public.
According to Thohir, who is also a minister of state-owned enterprises, the government needed its efforts to mitigate the pandemic to be undermined through the reopening of its borders to tourists, which could lead to cluster infections.
Recognizing that immunity can only begin next year, Thohir said reopening foreign travelers will have to go hand in hand with creating immunity to avoid any desire to start over.
“So, right now, we’re reviewing the plan to reopen (Indonesia) to foreign tourists,” he said.
As of Friday noon, Indonesia had reported 2,307 confirmed coronavirus infections, bringing the total to 135,123 with 6,021 fatalities.
The government has slowly reopened some tourist destinations for domestic tourists despite the even greater threat of spread of the virus.
The resumption of domestic tourism is the first objective before its reopening to foreign tourists.
Indonesia is also in negotiations with some countries to establish corridors for entrepreneurs. Indonesia has agreements with South Korea and the United Arab Emirates for this type of bubbles.
Indonesia’s tourism sector faces losses of $4 billion due to the drastic fall in tourism.
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