I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Tuban, Bali again serves international flights.
However, this international flight service is specifically opened for the repatriation of Foreign Citizens (WNA) to Australia.
The citizens of the Kangaroo Country were repatriated using the Qantas airline, on Wednesday (18/8) at 15:00 WITA.
Herry A.Y Sikado, General Manager of the Branch Office of PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport - Bali confirmed this.
Herry Sikado said that during the repatriation flight for Australian citizens, there were 186 people.
Hundreds of Aussie passengers, he said, consisted of 178 adults (adults) and 8 infants (babies).
"Some of the passengers are not from the island of Bali alone. For the type of aircraft that transports it, A330-202 with flight number QF108, previously landed at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport - Bali at 13.00 carrying medical grants for Indonesia for handling Covid-19, "explained Herry, yesterday.
Furthermore, as the manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Angkasa Pura has prepared the best possible handling by collaborating with relevant stakeholders , so that everything can run well.
“Preparations are starting to confirm departure documents and others. Considering that we are currently still in a state of the Covid-19 pandemic, health protocols are a basic need for every activity.
Likewise with this repatriation flight, we both take care of each other while anticipating the spread of Covid-19," he explained.
In addition, Herry Sikado added, another effort that was prepared was by providing a Check-In Island D counter to be operated, to optimize physical distancing then the waiting room that was used was at Gate 2 and 3.
"Overall, we are ready to serve repatriation flights because this is not the first time a repatriation flight has been carried out, the team in the field is already used to technically coupled with intensive coordination," said Herry.
Meanwhile, as additional information, apart from Cargo flights, Ngurah Rai Airport has not yet served international scheduled flights.
This is done to support government policies to anticipate the spread of Covid-19.
18 Thousand Mujair Fish in Lake Batur Die, Farmers Lose IDR 84 Million
Due to sulfur poisoning, thousands of tilapia or tilapia in Lake Batur, Kintamani, Bangli District, Bali died. The fish cultured from the farmers are ready to be harvested and sold. The fish cultivator hopes that the Bangli Regency Government and the new Bangli Regent can provide capital assistance so that they can continue their cultivation. “Over the past few days, sulfur has come out in Lake Batur. Almost all the fish belonging to the farmers are poisoned,” he said. Sulfur substances are always out of the bottom of Lake Batur every year. If the lake spews sulfur automatically the fish raised by the farmers in the lake die of poisoning. Jero Agus Jambe admitted that all the tilapia that were cultivated died a total of about 3 tons.
If one kilogram of tilapia in the market costs IDR 28 thousand times 3 thousand kg, it means that we lose around IDR 84 million,” he said. previous years.
Officers and fish cultivators evacuate fish carcasses from the lake. "
around 17 tons of fish carcasses were successfully removed from the lake," he said
Luhut's Important Notes on Handling Covid-19 in Bali.
In front of the media crew, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries also hopes that as many patients as possible who have been tested positive will be directed to Isoter as much as possible.
"This is the key to reducing the occurrence of clusters of families who are susceptible to infection if they are self-isolating," he said while reviewing vaccinations at the Bali Provincial DPRD, Thursday (12/8/2021).
while inviting all local governments, both the Provincial Government and Regency / City Governments throughout Bali to increase tracing and testing of people who interact closely with patients who are positive for Covid. Coordinating Minister Luhut also assured that those who are declared Covid must enter Isoter. Because here it is handled and served well, moreover there are doctors, enough medicines, and there is enough oxygen. So everything is prepared by the government, the place is also good.
"Just being positive, don't be discouraged, this is not a disgrace," he said, giving an example of his family being involved in the ferocity of the Covid-19 pandemic, from children, in-laws to grandchildren, all of whom went through the healing process at Isoter locations. On the other hand, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan invited all policymakers in Bali to unite in handling the spread of the pandemic, considering the level of cases on the island of Bali which he considered remained stagnant.
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