TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The regulation that requires airplane passengers to have a PCR test has become one of the topics of commotion in the last few days.This rule is considered unfair, because it only applies to airplane passengers, and not to other modes of transportation, such as buses and trains.Besides being considered unfair, the price of the PCR test is also considered to be still too expensive, which is between Rp. 495 thousand for Java and Bali and Rp. 525 thousand for outside Java and Bali.With that price, it means the same thing as an airplane passenger buying an additional ticket.For this reason, many suspect and have the idea that the mandatory PCR test is just a game of a few people or groups who want to make as much profit as possible during the Covid-19 pandemic.The rules that require PCR test flight passengers are listed in Circular (SE) Number 88 of 2021 concerning Instructions for the Implementation of Domestic Travel by Air Transportation during the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Pandemic.The mandatory PCR test rule applies to flights between cities in Java and Bali and areas that apply PPKM levels 4 and 3. In addition, all areas in Java and Bali that fall into the PPKM level 4-1 category are required to show the RT-PCR test.Responding to various criticisms and protests, President Joko Widodo or Jokowi then asked for the price of PCR tests to be lowered.This is not the first time Jokowi has asked for the price of PCR tests to be lowered.He said the same thing in August 2021.The following is a summary of the prices of PCR tests in Indonesia from the beginning of the pandemic until the end of October 2021.In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the price of PCR tests was still exorbitant.President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Irfan Setiaputra, revealed that the price of a PCR test can reach IDR 2.5 million per test.that means more expensive than plane tickets."This price is much more expensive than the cost of traveling from one city to another, especially close ones like Jakarta-Surabaya," he said in a Webinar with the Ministry of Transportation, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, as quoted by Tempo from Bisnis.com.This article has been published on Bisnis.com with the title "Garuda CEO Complains that PCR Test Fees Are More Expensive Than Airplane Tickets", Click here for full details: https://ekonomi.bisnis.com/read/20200602/98/1247494/dirut-garuda -complain-over-expensive-than-airplane-ticket-pcr-tests.Author: Rinaldi Mohammad Azka Editor : David Eka IssetiabudiDownload the latest Bisnis.com app for faster and more convenient access here: Android: http://bit.ly/AppsBisniscomPS iOS: http://bit.ly/AppsBisniscomIOSThis article has been published on Bisnis.com with the title "Garuda CEO Complains that PCR Test Fees Are More Expensive Than Airplane Tickets", Click here for full details: https://ekonomi.bisnis.com/read/20200602/98/1247494/dirut-garuda -complain-over-expensive-than-airplane-ticket-pcr-tests.Author: Rinaldi Mohammad Azka Editor : David Eka IssetiabudiDownload the latest Bisnis.com app for faster and more convenient access here: Android: http://bit.ly/AppsBisniscomPS iOS: http://bit.ly/AppsBisniscomIOSThe Ministry of Health and the BPKP Development and Finance Supervisory Agency then set an upper limit price of Rp. 900,000The Director General of Health Services at the Ministry of Health, Abdul Kadir, explained that the reason the price of the PCR test was so expensive at the beginning of the pandemic was that it reached Rp. 900 thousand because the price of the components to carry out the test was still expensive.This causes operational costs to also increase."For example, the price of masks, at the beginning of the pandemic, it was very expensive, then the price of hazmat, gloves and so on, still refers to it," he said at a press conference, Monday, August 16, 2021.After receiving a lot of criticism from the public regarding the high price of the PCR test, which is around Rp. 750 thousand to Rp. 1.5 million, Jokowi asked Minister of Health Budi on Sunday, August 15, 2021, to lower the price of the PCR test in the range of Rp. 450 thousand to Rp. 550 thousand.Based on the Circular Letter (SE) of the Director General of Health Services Number HK.02.02/I/2824/2021 concerning the Highest Rate Limit for Reserve Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) examinations, the cost of PCR tests outside Java-Bali was then set at the highest at Rp 525 thousand, and is effective as of August 17, 2021.After the regulation was issued, several hospitals, clinics, and health laboratories simultaneously reduced the cost of the PCR test to Rp 495 thousand.Some hospitals even set a lower PCR test fee, which is in the range of Rp. 450 thousand to Rp. 475 thousand.The Lion Air Group airline also lowered the price of the PCR test for its passengers, which was originally set at IDR 285,000 to IDR 250 thousand.The latest regulation regarding the obligation to show a negative Covid-19 test result using Polymerase Chain Reaction or 2x24 hour PCR for travel using airplane flights has drawn a lot of criticism.This is because the cost of the PCR test is quite expensive, and the validity period is relatively short.Responding to criticism of the regulation, President Jokowi asked for the price of the PCR test to be reduced to IDR 300 thousand and valid for 3x24 hours.Jokowi's request was conveyed by the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment as well as the Java-Bali PPKM Coordinator Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in a press statement after a limited meeting with President Jokowi to discuss PPKM Evaluation, Monday, October 25, 2021."Regarding this, the president's directive is that the price of the PCR test can be lowered to Rp. 300,000 and is valid for 3x24 hours for plane trips," said Luhut.Also read: Jokowi Asks for PCR Test Prices to Drop to IDR 300 Thousand, Valid for 3x24 HoursAlways update the latest information.Watch breaking news and selected news from Tempo.co on the Telegram channel "Tempo.co Update".Click https://t.me/tempodotcoupdate to join.You need to install the Telegram 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