The Covid-19 Acceleration Task Force has announced that 7 out of 9 areas in Bali are considered safer areas for Covid-19 transmission.
The leader of the Bali Covid-19 task force, I Made Rentin, confirmed that most of Bali was in the yellow zone as the number of cases had dropped significantly.
“7 areas namely Denpasar, Jembrana, Klungkung, Karangasem, Bangli, Buleleng and Tabanan have been designated as yellow areas. The other two, Badung and Gianyar, are still classified as orange areas with a higher risk of Covid-19 transmission until Friday (3/11),” Rentin said.
As one of the safest areas in Bali, Buleleng has closed all quarantine facilities in the area due to the reduced number of Covid-19 patients, leaving the facility uninhabited.
Buleleng Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Chief Putu Ariadi Pribadi confirmed that authorities recently closed quarantine facilities in Jinengdalem village on Thursday (3/10) and Kubuaddan village on Tuesday ( 22/2).
“The last quarantine time for our Covid patients ends today, and they have been allowed to go home,” Pribadi said Thursday morning (3/10).
After officially closing the facility, authorities immediately sterilized the building to turn the area into a student dormitory. However, Pribadi claimed to have reached an agreement with a regional military officer in KubuAddan village that if the case worsens again, they could continue to use the dormitory as a quarantine facility.