Jakarta, Jan 11 (TIWN) The Indonesian government on Monday decided to extend its travel restrictions for foreign nationals for two more weeks due to Covid-19 concerns, a Minister said.

The government has said the reason for the stricter measures against international visitors, which were imposed on Jan 1, was to try to keep out the new COVID-19 variant first detected in Britain.  Indonesia is struggling with the worst COVID-19 epidemic in Southeast Asia and authorities are relying on a vaccine to help alleviate the health and economic crises ravaging the country.