The temporary closure of tourist sites in Badung regency will be extended until at least May 29, according to a letter issued by the Badung Regency yesterday, as part of an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Bali.

Bali’s COVID-19 task force said the province has conducted more than 18,000 rapid tests for at-risk groups on the island, which is dominated by recently returned migrant workers. 

The at-risk groups, according to head of the task force Dewa Made Indra, also include medical workers treating COVID-19 patients across the island, airport officers conducting the rapid tests, as well as staff at the quarantine facilities.

Traditional village authorities in Denpasar are proposing that the Denpasar city government implement the central government’s Large-scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) protocol, as the city records the highest number of positive COVID-19 cases compared to other regions in Bali.

UPDATE: Coconuts today received a clarification from the Bali Tourism Agency, which emphasized that tourism players across the island will focus on getting through the COVID-19 pandemic before thinking of attracting tourists to Bali.

Let me start by saying that I am neither an epidemiologist nor a doctor or virologist. I am just a keen observer. And what I am observing here in Bali is