Romanian couple tests positive for COVID-19 in Bali
24 March, 2020
A Romanian couple on holiday in Bali tested positive for COVID-19. Officials report the man and woman are in stable condition after 10 days to be treated in isolation.
“I can concur that we have received the laboratory test outcomes of two foreigners who have been treated for 10 days at Tabanan General Hospital and the result is positive,” the top of the Tabanan Health Agency, Nyoman Suratmika, said on Monday.
“Both patients are in stable condition. However, they will stay in isolation until their tests show negative,” he added.
Suratmika said the male patient had sought treatment first when he started feeling sick. He went to an exclusive hospital in Badung regency before eventually being taken up to the Tabanan hospital.
“He previously a fever, cough and difficulty breathing [upon his arrival at the Tabanan hospital],” he added.
As he was showing COVID-19-like symptoms, a healthcare facility made a decision to treat him within an isolation room, said Suratmika.
“After [he stayed for] two days at the Tabanan hospital, his wife began to show similar symptoms, so we also put her in isolation,” he added.
Suratmika said following the couple received treatment for 10 days, their health began to improve.
“We’re grateful to find that both patients are actually in better condition, but since they are still COVID-19-positive we’re still waiting for full tests.
“After they are declared negative for COVID-19, they are allowed to leave [the hospital],” said Suratmika.
COVID-19 has up to now claimed the life of two foreigners, who were thought to be a British woman and a French man, in Bali. Right now, an Indonesian man has been treated in a hospital in Bali for COVID-19.
With the Romanian couple, the resort island has recorded five COVID-19 cases, with two fatalities, up to now.
Source: www.thejakartapost.com
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