Many of you who have COVID-19 symptoms or have had near contact with a confirmed patient can now take advantage of a free PCR test in Denpasar, thanks to the Bali provincial government. Ketut Suarjaya, Chief of the Bali Health Agency, revealed the free service yesterday, which will be available every day from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at a regional health lab on Jl. Angsoka No. 12, Denpasar district. To use the facility, participants must carry their KTP (ID card) or proof of residency. “...

Health agency chief of Bali has confirmed the AstraZeneca vaccines used in Bali are not from the batch that was suspended from distribution recently. On Sunday batch codes of vaccine received by Bali were listed by Ketut Suarjaya and they are: CTMAV514, CTMAV516, CTMAV539, and CTMAV544. Ketut's statement came after Health Ministry's decision to suspend batch CTMAV437, containing 448.480 doses, from distribution and use, as the Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM) carries o...

Bali authorities will be conducting random corona virus swab tests at the various ports of entry of the province as the increase in the number of travelers is expected following last week’s Eid holiday in Indonesia. “So we will check everyone who enters Bali, we will check their papers, their temperature, and then we will also conduct random antigen rapid [tests],” Indra, who heads the traffic directorate at the Bali Police, said today. This procedure will be applicable in Ngurah...

In Bali's Jembrana regency, three people were arrested for allegedly falsifying COVID-19 data as authorities tightened security measures during the ongoing Eid mudik ban. Officers became suspicious after the driver of a private car showed multiple negative COVID-19 test results for his passengers at a checkpoint in Gilimanuk, Jembrana, on Sunday, according to Jembrana Police Chief I Ketut Gede Adi Wibawa. During questioning, the driver, known by his initials AS, admitted to making su...

According to the deputy governor, the discovery of new COVID-19 variants in Bali has not deterred officials from their goal of reopening to international visitors in July. "We have yet to shift the target; there's still a few months to go," Bali deputy governor Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, or Cok Ace, said. "A few days ago, I was with [Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin], and we are still holding on to our focus for [reopening in] July." In March, Indonesian officials unv...