Indonesians complain on COVID-19 rapid test cost

Health workers conduct rapid examinations for the coronavirus in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on May 20, 2020 to combat the spread of the Covid-19 disease.

Health workers conduct rapid examinations for the coronavirus in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on May 20, 2020 to combat the spread of the Covid-19 disease. Source: AAP Image/Asep Solihin/INA Photo Agency/Sipa USA

Travel restriction during coronavirus pandemic in Indonesia complicate the mobility of its citizens. In addition to complicated documents, the COVID-19 rapid test as the prerequisite is also burdensome because it is not cheap.


 

Indonesians deplore the cost of the COVID-19 rapid test of which varies between different hospitals.

Those who do not have rapid test results are then not permitted to travel to other cities nor return to their hometown.

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