Bali denies cholera claim

Bali denies cholera claim

DENPASAR, Bali: The Bali provincial administration has sent an
official letter to the Japanese government, denying Japanese
tourists' claim that cholera was spreading on the tourist island.

Governor Ida Bagus Oka said yesterday that the letter was sent
to the Japanese government through the Indonesian embassy in
Tokyo on Wednesday.

Oka said he made it clear to Japan that the tourists' claim,
which was widely publicized by the Japanese mass media, was
baseless.

"Of 1,032,000 foreign tourists who visited Bali over the last
year, not one has reported having contracted cholera," he said as
quoted by Antara.

Seventy seven Japanese tourists were reportedly hospitalized
for cholera when the returned to Japan from Bali in December.
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