Koster: COVID-19 Cases In Bali Are Increasing But There Is No Omicron

Bali Governor Wayan Koster at a press conference in Denpasar/PHOTO: Dafi VOI

DENPASAR - Bali Governor Wayan Koster said cases of COVID-19 on the Island of the Gods were increasing. But there is no omicron variant yet.

"There is no omicron in Bali yet, it is still safe, we have carried out a simple test," said Koster at a press conference in Denpasar, Thursday, January 20.

Koster ensured that the handling of COVID-19 cases began to increase again. The spread of Omicron in Indonesia has also become a serious concern for the Bali Provincial Government.

"In Bali, of course, I as the governor carry out strict monitoring and must take the best possible anticipation so that this Omicron variant does not have too big an effect on COVID-19 in Bali and does not interfere with community activities as in 2021 ago," he said.

Koster explained, in 2021, COVID-19 cases had experienced a high spike. This has an impact on the tightened PPKM.

"We don't expect what happened in 2021 to happen in 2022 so that the situation in Bali remains normal, local community activities remain normal while still implementing health protocols in an orderly, disciplined manner as shown by the Balinese people so far, who have always been a national public role model in implementing health protocols. in terms of implementing health protocols," said Koster.

For information, COVID-19 cases in Bali have increased in recent times. The average daily positive case of COVID-19 on the Island of the Gods is above 20 cases per day.

Whereas in the first week of January, daily cases were still consistent at five cases per day.