Bali Ngurah Rai Airport Simulates GENose COVID-19 Test

GeNose Simulation at Bali Ngurah Rai Airport (IST)

BADUNG - Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport prepares GeNose health test for COVID-19 test as a flight requirement during the pandemic.

GeNose C19 health test will be implemented at Bali Ngurah Rai Airport on Friday, April 9. Today a simulation was conducted to maintain smoothness at the start of the GeNose C19 service.

General Manager of BRANCH OFFICE of PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Herry A.Y. Sikado said that the provision of GeNose C19 test services is also based on the Circular Letter (SE) of the Task Force on Handling Covid-19 Number 12 of 2021 concerning Domestic Travel Provisions during the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic (Covid-19) and The Ministry of Transportation Circular Number 26 of 2021 concerning Guidelines for Implementation of Domestic Travel and Air Transportation During the Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic

"On the flight adaptation period of new habits, service users are obliged to conduct health tests to ensure free of COVID-19, of course, I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, seeks to provide ease of obtaining health test services that are relatively cheap by presenting GeNose C19 service facilities", said Herry, Thursday, April 8.

GeNose Simulation at Bali Ngurah Rai Airport (IST)

For the implementation of GeNose C19 service starts operating on Friday, April 9 with operating hours from 09.00 a.m. to 19.00 p.m. local time in the departure area. GeNose rate IDR 40.000 per person.

"We have been coordinating with all relevant parties in order to smooth its implementation and today's simulation has been implemented. Hopefully, it can go as expected and I ask prospective passengers who will do the GeNose C19 test later to prioritize health protocols", he said.

For the first stage of each day about 600 bags and for prospective passengers who will test the GeNose C19 health test, in order to arrive 4 hours before departure time.

Then, the GeNose C19 test does not replace the previous health test swab antigen and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) as a condition of flight.

"Meanwhile, I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali has prepared two rapid test antigen health tests and GeNose by cooperating with subsidiaries of PT Angkasa Pura Support and synergy of SOEs with Farmalab", said Herry.