Bali Health Office Ensures That The Kraken Variant Of COVID-19 Has Not Yet Entered Bali

Head of the Bali Provincial Health Office, Dr. I Nyoman Gede Anom (photo: dock. inter)

JAKARTA - Head of the Bali Provincial Health Office, Dr. I Nyoman Gede Anom, confirmed that the Kraken variant, which is the latest subvariant cause of COVID-19, has so far not yet entered the Island of the Gods. "In Bali, no. If there is, of course, the Ministry of Health explains," said Dr. Gede Anom, met on the sidelines of the implementation of the second booster vaccination for tourism actors in Denpasar, Saturday, January 27. According to Dr. Anom, in fact, there is no problem with the new variant of COVID-19 whether anyone enters Bali if the community has followed the booster vaccination. "The name of the virus mutation will be less powerful compared to the initial one and we are ready because the second booster has started," he said, quoted by Antara. Therefore, Dr. Anom appealed to people who have not received booster vaccinations to immediately get available health facilities to get booster vaccination injections. "This is one way to increase immunity," he said. As is the case with the strategy applied to the first phase 1, 2 and booster vaccinations, his party will open a COVID-19 vaccination post in banjar-banjar (infall) or public places. "Currently, districts/cities are already moving, we believe we can achieve the target according to the number in the first booster, namely 82 percent," he said. In addition to opening posts in banjar-banjar, the Bali Health Office also targets the Bali Provincial Civil Apparatus (ASN) of the Bali Provincial Government, which amounts to 17,000 people.

The second booster vaccination for the Bali Provincial Government ASN is scheduled to start January 30, 2023. His party has deployed seven teams and is scheduled to last for 17 days. He added that regarding the first booster vaccination for children aged 6-18 years until now there has been no official circular from the Ministry of Health. "Hopefully it will come out as soon as possible so that a booster can be carried out for children aged 6-18 years," said Dr. Anom.