After two people tested positive with UK and South African variants, Bali will be sending all confirmed cases samples to Health Ministry for complete genome sequencing. Wayan Koster, Governor of Bali shared the findings recently, in which he noted that one patient has been confirmed to have been infected with the B1351 variant from South Africa, while another was infected with the B117 variant from the UK. The discovery was made after health authorities analyzed some positive COVI...

After a long search, the crew members of KRI-Nanggala-402 submarine have been declared sunk with no survivors. The families of the crew members are making pleas for the prayers for the fallen sailors as recovery efforts continue following the tragic incident. The wreckage was found on Saturday at the depth of 838 meters broken in to three pieces, after that Indonesian Military declared all crew members dead. While the whole nation was praying for the safety of sailors this announc...

Indonesian authorities are facing new outrage after relocating the dolphins rescued from the prohibited Dolphin Lodge in Sanur to the Bali Exotic Marine Park in Benoa, which animal rights groups call a "setback." Despite some criticism, the Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) in Bali defended its decision, claiming that it was made with various factors in mind. Meruanto, the head of administration at BKSDA Bali, clarified those considerations to Coconuts this morning, notin...

Bali's tourism and creative economic Minister Sandiaga Uno has said that this month a steady growth in national visitors will be seen with an average of 4,500 visitors a day. At a Live Press Conference, the minister said that the average daily visitor figure in January was between 2 000 and 2 500. Since then, the figure has almost doubled to 4,000 visitors and 4,500. "This is a good achievement," Sandiaga remarked. "We can begin to develop confidence among domestic tourists in ord...

An official confirmed that there are only 9 active tsunami warning sirens in Bali, despite the fact that 153 villages have been identified as high-risk areas for the disaster. It shows a notable lack in province's preparation for the disaster.“Hopefully in the future we can have sirens that cover all the regions that are in the high-risk danger zones,” Gede Teja, secretary of Bali’s regional disaster management agency (BPBD) said. All of these villages are located along the Bali's coasts, w...