Surabaya Residents Positive For COVID-19 Omicron Returns From Tour From Bali, Entry Doors To The Island Of The Gods Tightened

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DENPASAR - The Bali COVID-19 Task Force conducted close contact tracing and testing related to the Omicron case, a resident of Surabaya. East Java after a vacation from Bali.

Secretary of the Bali Province COVID-19 Task Force, I Made Rentin, said that his party had dispatched a joint team to places the patient had visited. The task force carried out testing and tracing of people who had close contact with patients who were positive for Omicron.

"Today, a joint team from the Provincial Health Office (Health Office), Badung Health Office, Dokkes (and) Kesdam Regional Police has been deployed to carry out tracing and direct testing," Rentin said, Monday, January 3, 2022.

Those in close contact underwent a PCR test. If positive for COVID-19, the person is immediately quarantined.

"In the context of security or anticipatory steps, quarantine is carried out considering there is an incubation period, to make sure that in the next few days the person concerned is really healthy," said Rentin.

Currently, the entrance to the Island of the Gods of Bali is tightened. Increased surveillance in public areas and hotels.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Bali Provincial Health Office, Ketut Suarjaya, has yet to confirm the number of people who underwent COVID-19 tests regarding tourists from Surabaya who tested positive for Omicron after their holiday in Bali.

"It's still in the tracing process," said Suarjaya.

The resident from Surabaya came to Bali by land. He visited a number of tourist attractions in Bali on December 20-25, 2021.

"(Patient) is a Surabayan, a domestic tourist from Surabaya, he (uses the road) by land using a private car from Surabaya. He stays in the Sawangan area, Nusa Dua," explained Suarjaya.