The deadly new coronavirus has battered Indonesia's tourism and aviation sectors.
By Kiki Siregar25 Feb 2020 09:06PM(Updated: 25 Feb 2020 10:03PM)
JAKARTA: There has been no increase in suspected COVID-19 cases in Bali, said the Indonesian Health Ministry on Tuesday (Feb 25).
This came after growing concern that a Japanese man was said to have tested positive for the virus upon his return from Indonesia.
In a press conference, the ministry said that the man's whereabouts in Bali were tracked after reports were received that he was there with his family from Feb 15 to Feb 19.
He later tested positive for COVID-19 on Feb 22 after returning to Tokyo.
The authorities immediately tracked down his hotel in Bali, said the Health Ministry’s secretary of the directorate-general in-charge of disease and prevention control Achmad Yurianto.
“The current data since his arrival (in Bali) shows that there has been no (upward) fluctuation in influenza-like illnesses,” Mr Yurianto said.
“Also based on our monitoring of hospitals, which are in the area where we suspect they were staying, we have not found any new cases,” he added.
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Prior to his holiday in Indonesia, the 60-year-old Tokyo resident felt unwell on Feb 12 and visited a doctor.
But he was only given medication, Mr Yurianto claimed, and continued working on Feb 13.
He stayed at home on Feb 14, and departed for Bali the following day.
Indonesian authorities have asked their Japanese counterparts about the health condition of the man’s family, said Mr Yurianto, adding that none of his family members are sick.
The patients's condition is said to be improving.
The Indonesian government is still doing contact tracing and has spoken to the employes at the hotel where the man stayed at, he said. None have shown any symptoms of the illness.
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“Of course because we understand the disease is contagious ... The hotel was examined and we have educated the employees on what will happen if they contract the disease and we have checked them," Mr Yurianto said.
He explained that the process is still ongoing and they would need to monitor the situation for the next 14 days.
An official wearing a protective mask to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in Wuhan, checks the temperature of passenger at the Batam International port in Batam, Riau island on January 28, 2020. A viral outbreak that has killed 106 people in China could reach its peak in around 10 days, a top Chinese government expert said on January 28. (Photo: AFP/Sei Ratifa)
“We tell the (local hospital) employees if there is someone who is thought to be sick at that time, who have stayed or worked at this hotel, there is the chance of a transmission … There is an incubation period, so that’s why the next 14 days, please if you or someone has certain symptoms, report immediately to the public health office,” the official added.
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It should be noted that W.H.O. and China have been changing the way they determine new cases so this may be just a temporary piece of good news.
Yesterday it jumped back again to 886 new cases which is only a 1 % increase over the previous day.
At this point it would be prudent to assume that the percentage of new cases will change back and forth, sometimes dramatically in the coming days and weeks.
As China officials finally start to inspect and document cases that are still not recorded in thousands of high-rise buildings that were put under strict quarantine during the onset of this disease we will probably see some very sad news.
Will probably be a huge rise in Reported deaths:
I personally believe that The World Health Organization, who obtains their statistics from Chinawill report that the death toll will soar as they inspect each apartment room to room and find many that have died and not been reported.
The big question is, is this disease under control and this point it's hard to say.
The statistics are optimistic but then we hear news about Korea and Iran, where cases have, soared overnight.
No reported cases in Bali and Indonesia:
“Coronaviruses have seasonality," says Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist with the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. “We do know that certain environmental conditions favor the transmission of viruses and that cold weather, the humidity, all of that, affect trajectory. There's a good reason to believe [this virus] will have that seasonality."
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