Hotels in Kuta that have been left almost empty due to the pandemic are being used to house quarantine patients from Bangli. The Bangli District Government has reserved 100 hotel rooms in Kuta to isolate asymptomatic and mild symptom patients of Covid-19. Head of Bangli Disaster Management Agency, Ketut Gede Wiradana has said during a …
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The Bali Tourism Board is urging the Government to implement PCR swab tests as its standard to help revive tourism on the island. Head of Bali Tourism Board (BTB), Gus Agung has said that if Bali continues to only implement the rapid test as a requirement to get into Bali, the current COVID-19 situation will …
Although the Denpasar City Government hasn’t given an official regulation about which mask is better to protect people from COVID-19, The Spokesman of Denpasar Covid-19 Handling Task Force, I Dewa Gede Rai has said that people should switch from cloths masks to medical masks. According to the research from the Indonesian central government, cloth masks …
The Bali Governor’s Wife, Ni Putu Putri Suastini Koster has tested positive with Covid-19 the Head of the Bali Health Department has announced. In a 13 minute video, Suartini Koster admitted that she’s currently undergoing quarantine in BPK Education and Training Building in Pering Village, Gianyar. She is being treated as an asymptomatic patient. “I’ve …
20 staff from the Bali Governor’s residence have been confirmed to have COVID-19. While Bali Governor Wayan Koster has sternly instructed the people to follow health protocols, his own residence has become a new cluster of COVID-19 cases. Governor Koster announced the cluster of COVID-19 at an event in Tabanan on Thursday Sept 24th 2020. …
The COVID-19 Task Force has asked the Bali Provincial Government to add 10 hotels to be used for isolation beds as the island is at capacity from the recent surge in cases. After more than 6 months of dealing with COVID-19, there’s still no sign of cases going down in Bali. Most of the isolation …
The Buleleng Regency has asked the Bali Governor to impose to regulations on self isolation as COVID-19 cases surge. “Apparently in Singaraja, Buleleng Covid-19 is still far from over. Two more people have died after testing positive with Covid-19 in Buleleng this morning.”, said Buleleng Regent, Putu Agus Suradnyana. Buleleng has 24 deaths from Covid-19 …
Vice Chairman Of Covid-19 Handling Task Force said that Bali and Java will be the first provinces in Indonesia to receive the vaccine. Luhut Binsar Panjaitan made the statement during a virtual press conference on Friday Sept 18th 2020 and said that Bali and Java have the highest COVID-19 cases in Indonesia and should get …
The Bali Governor has issued a new decree for a partial lockdown of Bali after cases of COVID-19 continue to surge on the island. Decree number 487 for the strengthening of controls and prevention of Covid-19 in Bali, was issued by the governor as a partial “step on the brakes” with the reopening of Bali. …
The Bali Vice Governor has said that the spike in COVID-19 cases in Bali is coming from the gatherings of young people and religious ceremonies. Bali Vice Governor, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana a.k.a Cok Ace made the statement during a High Level Meeting (HLM) in Denpasar on Thursday Sept 10th 2020. He stated that the …
The Bali Governor has said that he wants to close all tourist attractions again after a surge of COVID-19 cases on the island. “We’ve been observing over the last few weeks that the local transmission is spiking and the mortality rate from Covid-19 is increasing. I’m considering closing all tourist attractions like I did previously,” …
More reports are surfacing over Bali’s struggling health care system as COVID-19 cases surge across the island. South Denpasar Public Health Service IV on Jalan Pulau Moyo, Pedungan, Denpasar has shut down their Inpatient and Outpatient services after 6 medical workers tested positive for COVID-19 and another 40 have been put into isolation. Despite the …