Indonesia probes report of coronavirus-infected tourist who was in Bali


Health workers wearing protective gear take part in an exercise in handling a suspected patient at Sanglah Hopital in Denpasar, Bali, on Feb12. Currently two Chinese patients are being treated in the isolation room of the hospital. - JP

DENPASAR, Bali (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Bali Health Agency says it will investigate and verify the information that a Chinese tourist who travelled from Wuhan to Bali last month tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 disease on Feb 5 after he arrived in Huainan city in Anhui province in China.

Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, said the agency was currently trying to figure out the travel history and the activities of the patient, identified only as Jin, according to information obtained by The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

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