Foreign Tourist Visits Are Crowded Again, Bali Governor Confirms COVID-19 Cases

Bali Governor Wayan Koster in the meeting room of the Elephant building, Jayasbha, Denpasar, Bali, Saturday (16/4). (PHOTO: Dafi).

DENPASAR - The Ministry of Health reports that the trend of COVID-19 cases in Java and Bali is rising again and needs to be watched out for.

Meanwhile, Bali Governor Wayan Koster said that COVID-19 cases did not increase in his region along with the increase in foreign tourist arrivals.

"Keep going (as usual) at the hospital, the booster has reached 58 percent. Without quarantine, visa on arrival is valid and until now cases are stable, there are absolutely no signs of an increase in cases," said Koster in Denpasar, Saturday, April 16. .

As of Friday, April 15, there were 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Bali, 29 people recovered and no deaths. Meanwhile, the bed occupancy rate in hospitals is 3.24 percent.

"I observe it every day. Cases have gone down in the double digits, (daily cases of COVID-19) 30 and 40. So it's safe," said Koster.

Meanwhile, Head of the Bali Provincial Tourism Office, Tjok Bagus Pemayun, said the total number of foreign tourist arrivals to Bali was recorded at 14,430 people. Foreign tourists take advantage of the Visa On Arrival (VoA) service.

"The increase in tourist visits is also inseparable from the herd immunity that has been formed. The vaccination achievement exceeds the target of 30 percent of Bali's population of approximately 4 million people," he said separately.