Bali Tightens Sanitary Checks Because of Monkeypox

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Stricter sanitary checks are being introduced for tourists arriving on Bali. Travellers and crew members will now be checked for symptoms of the monkey virus, cases of which have already been recorded in other parts of the country, local media report.

Airport general director Hendy Hayudhitiavan told journalists that all tourists will have their temperature taken on arrival to prevent the virus from spreading.

If a visitor has a high body temperature or other signs of infection, a doctor will examine them first and, if enlarged lymph nodes or a rash are found, send them to hospital for further examination.

Fever is one of the early symptoms of the monkey virus and Nipah virus, and airport staff are also on heightened alert for the latter.