Officials in Bali are stepping up rabies vaccinations for dogs across the province, following cases in Jembrana and Tabanan regencies, where about a dozen local residents were recently bitten by rabies-infected dogs.

An Indonesian minister this week suggested that the trans-Java toll road may be extended all the way to Bali, but a local official has followed that up by clarifying that the only plans currently in place is to build toll roads within the province.

More than sixty healthcare workers in Bali have been infected with the coronavirus, officials said, suggesting that many were exposed while handling unconfirmed COVID-19 patients who initially came in with different concerns.

The founder of Bali spiritual community House of Om, Wissam Barakeh, has had his temporary stay permit revoked today for hosting a crowded gathering that violated health protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic last week, the regional office for the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in the province said.

Hundreds of market vendors from Pasar Galiran in Klungkung regency reportedly refused to undergo rapid tests for the coronavirus this week despite the traditional market being identified as a COVID-19 cluster, with some citing result inaccuracy and fears of stigma from their neighbors and peers.