Monday, May 25
Police stand guard at mosques to prevent prayer gatherings + Klungkung Hospital shuts down all non-emergency services during outbreak + Mother books ambulance to take her & child to Java + more!
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Status Update
National Numbers:
Bali Numbers:
Today's Regency Numbers
Overall Confirmed Cases Distribution:
Key: Red = Infected | Green = Recovered | Black = Died
Bali 30-Day Trends:
More details on the locations of positive cases within each Regency, as well as the number of suspected cases ("ODP") and people under in-patient observation ("PDP"), can be found in charts & infographics on the websites of each Regency's COVID-19 Task Force:
Badung | Bangli | Buleleng | Denpasar City | Gianyar | Jembrana | Karangasem | Klungkung | Tabanan
Sources:
The national update comes from the Indonesia National Disaster Management Agency: @BNPB_Indonesia
The Bali Numbers infographic comes from the Bali Provincial Government COVID-19 Task Force (link).
The Total Confirmed Cases Distribution map & Regency Numbers figures come from the Bali Provincial Government's data collection department (link).
The 30-day trend charts have been compiled using daily government data.
How You Can Help
In response to the collapse of the tourism sector in Bali and the resulting economic crisis, dozens of individuals and organizations have sprung into action, raising funds and distributing badly needed food and everyday essentials to the innumerable families who have suddenly fund themselves without any source of income. We've been making an effort to document and raise awareness of these efforts. We will add information on projects in this space as we are able to confirm them. If you'd like to see a list of the efforts that we've featured so far and contribute to them with either time or money, visit our complete list here. You can also see a list of projects that have registered themselves at BaliSolidarity.org.
The Big News
"During Coronavirus Outbreak Klungkung Regional Hospital Only Open for Emergency Operations Services" from Radar Bali (Indonesian): Only patients who are in an emergency condition will be served for surgery at Klungkung Regional Hospital. This is an attempt at the Klungkung Regional Hospital in preventing the spread of the corona virus in the hospital environment. "Operations will be performed for those of an emergency nature only. Operations that can be postponed, will be postponed. So that there will be no patients who appear to be positive at the time of surgery," said the Director of Klungkung Regional Hospital, Dr. I Nyoman Kesuma.
"Local Transmission Continues to Dominate New Covid-19 Cases In Bali" from The Bali Post (Indonesian): The trend of the addition of positive cases of COVID-19 due to local transmission continues to occur in Bali, with an additional 6 positive cases on Sunday coming via local transmission... The cumulative number of COVID-19 positive patients in Bali has now become 394 people. The majority are indeed imported cases, especially PMI from abroad who returned to Bali. However, 166 of them were infected due to local transmission. "In suppressing the case of local transmission, the community must be aware and disciplined in efforts to prevent this virus," explained Dewa Made Indra, Chief of Bali's Covid-19 Task Force.
"Police Monitor Locations Of Eid Al-Fitr Prayers" from The Bali Post (Indonesian): Following the government's call for Idul Fitri prayers to be held at home, Badung Regional Police officers monitored a number of locations on Sunday that had been used for Eid prayers in previous years. Badung Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Roby Septiadi said, "There is not a single Eid prayer location that is used by the community to perform worship. All of them carry out worship in their respective homes according to government recommendations," he said... All Badung Police officers were deployed to locations that were frequently used for Eid prayer, namely Wakolol Kompol Ni Putu Utariani in the Badung Puspem Field Kompol Ni Putu Utariani, Chief of Komps I Wayan Suana Prison in the PLN mosque, Jalan Raya Abianbase, Mengwi. In the Purna Krida Field Kerobokan Kaja by North Kuta Police Chief Kompol Marzel Doni.
Other Headlines
"Large Group Apologizes After Partying In the Street Without Masks In Denpasar" from The Bali Sun: A large group of Denpasar locals were forced by police to apologize to the people of Bali after partying in the streets without masks.
A video of the group celebrating surfaced on social media and quickly went viral. The video appeared to show dozens of people celebrating the end of Ramadan in Denpasar without wearing masks while closely grouped together ignoring social distancing guidelines.
"In PKM Protest, Village Gives Out Free Vegetables" from Nusa Bali (Indonesian): In the Puputan Renon area on Saturday afternoon, people lined up for free vegetables distributed by leaders of the village. This distribution was not only a social action carried out to help the community, but also as an effort to distribute the products by farmers. "Many of the farmers' goods are abundant, there is no excessive absorbing. On the one hand, the people themselves need to eat. Our local products are of good quality, good fiber, it's just too bad it isn't absorbed," said Ida Bagus Mandhara Brasika, leader of the village... The village cooperated with farmers in the Bengkel area, Tabanan and Pelaga districts, Badung Regency. A donation system had been held through an online payment system, namely OVO or Gopay, with a nominal value of at least Rp 5,000. The results of these donations, which are then used to buy vegetables from farmers. With this sustainable donation system, free distribution of vegetables will be held regularly every week.
"Mother Rents Ambulance To Take Her and Child Home from Bali to Jember" from Kompas (Indonesian): Police in Tabanan, Bali, succeeded in stopping the action of a mother and child who were determined to rent an ambulance to go home to Jember, East Java. According to an ambulance driver, I (30), he received a call from a woman who asked for help to be picked up in front of the Kediri Tabanan clinic in Bali. The woman, according to I, claimed that she had typhus and asked to be taken to Jember... "After getting a call, the ambulance driver immediately picked up the person who claimed to be suffering from typhus. However, the results of the clinical laboratory examination in Tabanan showed that the person was in good health," said Kasatlantas Iptu Ni Putu Wila Indrayani. Upon inspection of the ambulance, officers asked the ambulance driver and passengers to turn around.
"Two Tourism Projects Worth Rp4.1 Billion Postponed" from The IDN Times (Indonesian): The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown a number of development projects planned by the government into disarray. Two strategic projects in Klungkung Regency, which are planned to be used to support the tourism industry, have to be postponed and their budgets shifted to COVID-19 countermeasures. The two projects are the expansion of Belatung Beach in Pesinggahan Village, Dawan and the construction of a stage on the edge of Nusa Ceningan Beach, Nusa Penida.
"'We all need to make sacrifices,' Jokowi Says In Subdued Idul Fitri Greeting" from The Jakarta Post: "We celebrate differently, because [now] we all need to make sacrifices to refrain from the usual mudik and [family] gatherings," Jokowi said in a video message on the State Palace YouTube channel on Saturday. He urged the public to prioritize their health and that of their families... The President himself would be spending the holiday at Bogor Palace in West Java instead of his hometown Surakarta in Central Java, presidential spokesperson Angkie Yudistia said separately.
Non-Covid News of Note
"Massive Fire Destroys 3 Blocks Of Shops In Bali" from The Bali Sun: A large fire in Denpasar has destroyed three blocks of shops including food stalls and fish shops over an area of 7 acres. Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency, Ida Bagus Joni Ariwibawa told The Bali Sun losses could reach Rp 1.5 billion. “Losses could reach approximately hundreds of millions to Rp 1.5 billion, 3 shop-blocks, 1 food stalls, 1 fish shop burned” he explained. The fire started in a food stall in Depasar on Jalan Diponegoro No.197 & 198 North of the An-Nur Mosque at around 3:15 pm on Sunday.
"Snake Enters PLN Substation, Electricity In Ubud Goes Out for 3 Hours" from Bali Puspa News (Indonesian): A snake entered a PLN substation that distributs electricity from Peliatan Village to Padangtegal Village in Ubud. As a result, the substation exploded, causing damage and a power outage that lasted for three hours... PLN Gianyar Service and Procurement Unit Manager, Billy Ramadhana, said that in the future, to overcome similar problems it will take preventative measures. "We will install a net, so that snakes can not enter the substation," he said.
Resources
Important information for foreigners who are staying on the island, such as designated COVID-19 hospitals and emergency contact numbers, can be found by following this link.
The government has cancelled its visa-on-arrival process and rolled out enhanced entry requirements for people traveling to Indonesia; they have also granted automatic extensions to most foreigners who are still in the country on temporary stay visas. You can see a (translated) list of all of the relevant regulations on the Directorate General of Immigration & Ministry of Law and Human Rights' website here.
The British Embassy in Jakarta has recently posted a great summary of the Indonesian government's travel restrictions on their Facebook page. You can read it here.
If you are trying to plan travel anywhere, here are some of the best up-to-date resources that can help you:
IATA Travel Center Update - The International Air Transport Association is the global lobbying body for the aviation industry. Their Travel Information Manual Automatic (Timatic) database feeds into airlines' reservation systems, so it is the most reliable list of flight restrictions around.
Revolver Maps' Travel Restrictions Database - This list pulls directly from IATA's Timatic database and arranges the countries in lists that are easier to navigate and creates share-able links for every country. NOTE: This is a third-party service and they warn that the updates to their system can be delayed by several hours for certain countries.
Al Jazeera Travel Restriction & Border Shutdown Tracker - A companion list that includes less technical summaries of each country's travel restrictions, beyond just flights and airport access.
Common abbreviations to be familiar with:
PMI: Indonesian migrant worker
PSBB: Policy of extreme social distancing. Officially restricts forms of transportation and prohibits certain types of business from operating. Requires any permitted businesses to enforce strict social distancing guidelines.
OTG: Possible cases, with no symptoms.
ODP: Suspected cases, being monitored. People with fever or respiratory symptoms such as congestion, sore throat, cough, travel in countries or areas with local transmission, or contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19. Tracked and placed under out-patient observation.
PDP: Probable cases, under observation. People with acute respiratory illness with at least one symptom such as cough, sore throat, congestion, light or heavy pneumonia, and travel in countries or areas with local transmission, or contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19. Usually placed under observation in an isolation ward at a designated hospital pending swab testing results.
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