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View all search resultsBali increases surveillance for hantavirus
Bali Health Agency gave an assurance that no case of suspected hantavirus had yet been found in Bali. However, surveillance and prevention measures have been strengthened after several suspected hantavirus cases were found in other regions in Indonesia.
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Motorists ride past the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital in Jakarta on May 12, 2026, where a male British national was quarantined due to suspected exposure to hantavirus, although he was eventually declared uninfected. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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uthorities in Bali have increased their surveillance of hantavirus on the tourism island with all entry gates into the island being tightly monitored.
Bali Health Agency gave an assurance that no case of suspected hantavirus had yet been found in Bali. However, surveillance and prevention measures have been strengthened after several suspected hantavirus cases were found in other regions in Indonesia.
“There has been no case or suspected case of hantavirus detected in Bali so far,” agency head I Nyoman Gede Anom said in a statement on Tuesday.
He added that all entry gates into Bali were tightly monitored.
“We’re taking preventive measures by strengthening surveillance at all Bali’s entry points including seaports and airports,” he said.
The health agency has increased coordination with health agencies and medical facilities across Bali to closely monitor any people with severe cold symptoms that had contact with rats or dirty environments.
The agency has also tightened the screening of Indonesians working abroad, including those working on cruise ships, when they return to Bali.
