A doctor working at Bali’s main hospital, where a British tourist died after contracting coronavirus, has now tested positive to the virus.

Authorities have confirmed the doctor, who was studying at a Bali university and working at Sanglah hospital, has tested positive upon his return to his native Surabaya, in East Java.

It is the first confirmed case of a medical professional testing positive to COVID-19 in a Bali hospital since the outbreak began.

And it comes as Indonesia’s infection rate spirals, after so long with no confirmed cases, and the death rate from coronavirus is now higher in Indonesian than in other countries.

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Officials in Jakarta tonight announced 60 new cases since yesterday, bringing the total coronavirus cases in Indonesia to 369. And the number of deaths across the island nation of 270 million is now 32, up from 25 yesterday.

And a further three new positive cases have been announced in Bali although no details have been provided about where or who are involved.

Tourist’s death

It is understood that the doctor who tested positive was working at Sanglah Hospital from March 2-15, which overlapped with the period when British tourist, Kimberley Finlayson, was being treated in the same hospital.

Mrs Finlayson was in Sanglah, in isolation, from March 9 to March 11 when she passed away. Her husband, Ken, was also in the hospital but tested negative to the virus.

Foreign tourists stand near an information banner on coronavirus at a harbor as they wait for their departure in Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Indonesia confirmed its first cases of the coronavirus Monday in two people who contracted the illness from a foreign traveler. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) Credit: Firdia Lisnawati / AP

Bali has also finally banned the traditional Ogoh-Ogoh parade of effigies, which was due to held next week and the Governor has now ordered all tourist places to close their doors.

In Jakarta, the Istiqlal Mosque, which holds 200,000 worshippers, finally called off Friday prayers today after earlier in the week saying they would go ahead.

Mixed messages

It follows a series of mixed messages in Jakarta and Bali about precautions to stop the spread of the rapidly-spreading virus.

Indonesia’s President, Joko Widodo, today tweeted a picture of a series of Jakarta high-rises which have been earmarked as possible hospital beds should the pandemic overwhelm Jakarta’s inadequate medical system.

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The apartment buildings have the capacity to house 15,000 people in the event of needing mass hospital beds for quarantine. And the President said that police and military hospitals would be used, along with hotels owned by Government companies.

“The Government has prepared a contingency plan of hospital service readiness ... and if needed we can use Wisma Atlet in Kemayoran that has a big capacity, about 15,000 units. Hotels owned by Government owned companies can also be used.”