Mpox Outbreak, Foreign Travellers Entering Indonesia Must Fill Out Electronic Forms

Effective from Tuesday, 27th of August, travellers from abroad wishing to enter Indonesia are required to complete an electronic form called the SATUSEHAT Health Pass, in response to the monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak.

The new regulation has been confirmed and authorised by the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation through the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara or DJPU), which has issued Circular Letter (Surat Edaran or SE) of the Director General of Civil Aviation Number 5 DJPU of 2024 concerning the Use of the SATUSEHAT Health Pass for Foreign Travellers.

“The issuance of SE 5 DJPU of 2024 serves as a guideline for Air Transportation Business Entities and Foreign Air Transportation Companies, ensuring that every individual [flight personnel and passengers] travelling abroad and flying to Indonesia completes an electronic self-declaration form called the SATUSEHAT Health Pass,” said the Director General of Air Transportation, M. Kristi Endah Murni, in an official statement on Thursday, 29th August.

The SATUSEHAT Health Pass electronic self-declaration form can be accessed via the link https://sshp.kemkes.go.id. Travellers must complete the form before or during check-in at the departure airport to prevent congestion at the country’s entry points, as stated in the official statement from the Indonesian Ministry of Health issued to the press on Thursday.

The SATUSEHAT Health Pass form requires travellers to provide personal information, including full name, mobile phone number, date of arrival, arrival airport, flight number, seat number on the plane, and details of the country of departure, any transit countries, as well as other countries, visited within 21 days before departure for Indonesia. Once the form is completed, a barcode will be generated containing the traveller’s health and travel history. This barcode will then be scanned by officers at the airport arrival gate. After being scanned, flight personnel and/or passengers must save the code.

“Completing this electronic form is part of our early warning system for detecting Mpox,” added the Spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Health, M. Syahril. “Therefore, if within 21 days of arriving in Indonesia, you experience illness or feel feverish with other symptoms of Mpox, we urge you to go to the hospital immediately and present the barcode.