COVID-19: Some Indonesian medical tourists put off travel to Singapore

JAKARTA: Indonesian Fredy Tan is supposed to go to Singapore at the end of February for an annual medical check-up with his wife and one-year-old son.

Mr Tan’s concerns are shared by Ms Cecilia Juarso, a Surabaya resident who also had plans to travel to Singapore for medical screening. She and her mother, however, are still going to Penang, Malaysia for a separate medical check-up this week since her mother suffers from age-related macular degeneration.

A row of empty seats are seen on board a Singapore Airlines flight to Singapore from Jakarta International Airport, before the aircraft's departure from the Indonesian capital on Feb 18, 2020. Singapore raised the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition level to orange from yellow on Feb 7. “They are unable to defer their care or find alternative medical options in their home country. For such patients, our hospitals have put in place all necessary precautions to protect their well-being and minimise the risk of infections."

“This measure is taken with good intentions to ensure patients returning from Singapore are not subjected to unnecessary quarantine. In the meantime, we extend the patients' medications till a visit can be arranged,” said the spokesperson.

come to Malaysia, there isn’t any new infections lately and only 5 patients in hospital as of today

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