During September, the Indonesian Directorate General of Disease Prevention of Ministry of Health informed that it is compulsory for all Health Offices at Indonesian sea and air ports to make sure that everyone arriving from the Philippines has had a polio vaccination.
Health Offices will coordinate with immigration to ensure that everyone arriving from the Philippines has had a polio vaccination, evidenced by an International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICV).
The vaccine must have been obtained at least 4 weeks before the arrival in Indonesia.
If the person has not obtained the vaccine, they must be given the polio vaccination on arrival in Indonesia, for which there is a charge. If they refuse to have a vaccination, then they can be deported or prevented from entering Indonesia.
