British woman dies in Bali after 'testing positive for coronavirus'

A British woman died in hospital in Bali today after being diagnosed with coronavirus while on holiday with her family.

The 53-year-old reportedly suffered from existing health conditions, including diabetes and chronic lung disease.

She checked into a private hospital with a fever on March 3, four days after arriving with her husband and four children at the Four Seasons Hotel, according to reports.

She was transferred to the island’s biggest hospital in a critical condition two days ago, where she died early this morning, the head of Bali’s Covid-19 taskforce Dewa Made Indra confirmed.

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It is the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Bali and the first death recorded in Indonesia.

The woman’s husband is in hospital under observation and four children remain in a hotel under quarantine. Mr Indra said all 21 people she had been in contact with had been traced and are self-isolating, adding that the woman was cremated today in agreement with her family.

A spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said: “We are supporting the family of a British woman who has died in Indonesia and are in contact with local authorities.”

It came as more than 60 passengers and crew aboard a river cruise boat in Cambodia are being held in quarantine after a British passenger tested positive.

The Viking River Cruises liner was under police guard today moored on the Mekong River outside the town of Kampong Cham.

The British woman, 65, arrived at Hanoi’s international airport on March 2 on a Vietnam Airlines plane from London in a party of five. Other passengers on the flight are being traced.

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