REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PALEMBANG -- Health Minister Nila DF Moeloek said here on Friday that all athletes participating in the upcoming 2018 Asian Games will get vaccinated in order to prevent any contagious diseases. The minister was attending a symposium of Indonesian hospitals in Palembang city, South Sumatra, on Friday. 

The vaccines, Moeloek remarked, will support the physical condition of the athletes prior to the Asian Games competitions. The minister further said that not only Indonesian nationals have to get vaccinated before overseas visits, but all foreign visitors also need to get vaccines ahead of their arrival in Indonesia. He called upon Sports and Youths Minister Imam Nahrawi to discuss the issue of implementation.

For the first time ever, the 18th Asian Games will be hosted in the two cities of Jakarta and Palembang. The Indonesian Asian Games Organising Committee (INASGOC hosted a try-out for some categories this month, including Taekwondo, Basketball, and Pencak Silat.

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Following the "invitation tournament", the committee admitted that it needed to improve several sectors, including transportation, data connection, and internal and external coordination.

"For transportation, we are planning to ask the authority to provide emergency lanes as well as the Transjakarta Bus way to support the 2018 Asian Games," organising chief Erick Thohir noted in his reports to the head of advisory board, Vice-President Jusuf Kalla.

Regarding the unstable data connection, the committee will seek an effective solution to support the data entry system, accreditation, as well as the games management system. Apart from transportation and data connection, the organiser admitted that internal and external coordination may require serious attention.

The committee will find an effective solution to bolster the coordination between the organiser and other stakeholders.

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