Indonesia to reopen Bali for international visitors in October as govt announces 3,835 new Covid-19 cases on Friday (Sept 17)

A tourism worker wipes a table as the government eased social restrictions on coronavirus disease for the resort island in Badung, Bali, Indonesia. The Indonesian government will reopen its resort island of Bali for international visitors in October on Friday (Sept 17, 2021). - Reuters

JAKARTA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua): The Indonesian government will reopen its resort island of Bali for international visitors in October, as the number of Covid-19 cases has been declining in the country, Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said on Friday.

The Southeast Asian country has just emerged from the peak of the second wave of Covid-19 transmissions triggered by the Delta variant from July to August and managed to reduce its positivity rate to less than 5 percent, Pandjaitan said.