Monkeypox Detection, Bali I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Installs 6 Scanner Units

Bali Ngurah Rai Airport/DOK Airport Public Relations

BADUNG - I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, has tightened surveillance to prevent the transmission of monkeypox into Bali.

General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Handy Heryudhitiawan said the airport continues to coordinate with related parties to prevent the transmission of monkeypox.

"Especially at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, we always work in synergy with the Denpasar Class I Port Health Office (KKP) to tackle the transmission of monkeypox on the island of Bali," said Handy, Tuesday, August 23.

Currently, there are a number of thermal scanner units installed at Ngurah Rai Airport to check the body temperature of passengers.

"One form of collaboration with KKP is the placement of six thermo scanner units at several points at the airport. When passengers enter the airport area, the temperature will be scanned automatically and we can monitor the temperature of the passengers directly," he added.

Bali Ngurah Rai Airport/DOK Airport Public Relations

Six units of thermo scanners are placed at each entrance to the arrival terminal, both domestic and international. Two thermo scanner units are placed at the entrance of international departures, two units at the international arrivals area, and two units at the entrance of domestic departures.

"In addition, officers at the airport always use masks while on duty and minimize direct contact with service users to prevent virus transmission. I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport also routinely disinfects facilities that are directly related to service users such as trolleys, chairs wait, self check-in counter, and so on," said Handy.

Regarding the traffic at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, his party stated that there has been no decrease in passenger traffic since the announcement of the monkeypox case in Indonesia.

"Until August 22, 2022, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport served 913,988 passengers in total, with an average of 41,545 passengers per day. When compared to July where overall there were an average of 42,460 passengers, traffic in August experienced a decline. But that's because this is a low season period," explained Handy.

"Currently the world of tourism is experiencing growth after the decline in COVID-19 cases. To maintain this momentum, we invite the public, especially airport service users, to always comply with health protocols everywhere so that the spread of the monkeypox virus can be prevented, it does not spread on the island of Bali and smallpox. monkeys will not become the next epidemic in Indonesia," he said.