Balipost.com, those seeking a
COVID-19 shot need only bring their
KTP (ID Card) to their nearest health facility providing inoculations distributed by the Provincial or regional health services.
Bali Governor Wayan Koster Gets Immunized
This increasing accessibility was revealed during a program broadcast on
Bali TV on Friday, 05 March 2021. The chairperson for the
Bali Provincial Mobilization Team and Family Health (PKK-Bali) and wife of Bali’s Governor, Putri Suastini Koster, is inviting all
PKK elements island-wide to urge neighbors and friends to seek vaccination.
Ibu Koster said it is the PKK’s responsibility as a Provincial Government partner to ensure the vaccination program against COVID-19 is successful. Adding: “I wish to give an understanding to the public of the importance of vaccination so that we can escape the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine on Thursday, 07 January 2021.
As reported by
Tribun-Bali.com, this brings the total number of vaccine dosages received in Bali to date to 51,000. The head of the health department, Dr. Ketut Suarjaya, said 3 million of Bali’s 4.22 million residents would be vaccinated.
“So 70% of all residents are targeted (for vaccination). Bali will achieve this in the coming 15 months. The reason for this is the quicker vaccination occurs, the better,” said Suarjaya.
The first to receive the vaccine in Bali will be medical personnel. The number of medical personnel to be vaccinated is 30,320 people. Those inoculated will receive two injections, one in January and one in February.
Optimistic predictions for a moderate upturn in domestic tourism arrivals connected with the Christmas 2020 and New Years’ 2021 Holidays may now have to be revised downward. The re-forecast is necessitated following a range of government measures to deter domestic travel, including an emergency gubernatorial decree requiring
PCR Swab Tests for all arriving air passengers through 04 January 2020.
In reviewing the current situation, Bali’s Deputy-Governor Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati (Cok Ace), who also serves as the chairman of
Bali’s Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), said on Wednesday, 15 December 2020, he feels the contradiction of being both a bureaucrat and also a member of the Island’s tourism industry. Cok Ace said that he accepts and appreciates the greater need to deter tourism arrivals to control the