Bali Health Office Asks To Anticipate Chinese Citizens Who Come With Fever Conditions

Head of the Bali Health Office (Dinkes), I Nyoman Gede Anom, Tuesday (7/1)/PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

Head of the Bali Health Service (Dinkes) I Nyoman Gede Anom asked for security at the entrance to Bali to anticipate Chinese citizens (WN) who came in a fever.

He in Denpasar, Tuesday, said this anticipation was in response to the outbreak of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) virus in China.

He said that until now there have been no cases of the HMPV virus entering Bali or Indonesia, but because Bali is open to tourism, it is necessary to focus on anticipating the visit of the relevant countries.

"It's like the fast flu is spreading, only those in this kind of China haven't entered yet, but we don't know yet because we are open to tourism, we still protect it because there is no vaccine yet," he said, Tuesday, January 7.

Currently, Bali can take advantage of the existence of a thermo scanner to detect the body temperature of passengers entering through I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport so that spread prevention can be carried out.

"We will definitely see for the detection of fever there (the airport), for example from China, if he has a fever, we will definitely think that way (the HMPV virus), we will immediately direct him to check for a complete check, now China, if there is a group, we will definitely check it," he said.

The Bali Health Office said this was also implemented during the anticipation of MonkeyPox, where the African citizen became a special concern at the airport.

"So the focus is because this (HMPV virus) is in China, but what is clear is that this virus is not deadly, WHO has not declared this a global disease, not yet," he said.

Local government coordination with the Center for Health Quarantine (BBKK) has also been carried out, later if the HMPV virus is detected, the local government will direct patients to Prof. Ngoerah Hospital.

Anom asked the public not to panic, but to maintain their own health with a clean and healthy lifestyle, eating nutritious food, and wearing masks during flu and coughing.