- Tourists in
Bali not wearing masks in public are being forced to do push-ups as punishment. - If you can't pay the $7 fine, you may have to do 15-50 push-ups.
- Police say 90% of people not wearing masks are tourists, and they're considering deportation.
Maskless tourists in Bali are being forced by the police to perform push-ups if they don't pay a $7 cash fine.
If you're not wearing a mask in public at all, it's 50 push-ups. If you're wearing one but it doesn't cover your nose, the punishment is 15.
Footage of people performing the
—Kgoshi Ya Lebowa (@Marcellomj) January 20, 2021
It became mandatory to wear a
"First they say they didn't know the law, then they say that they forgot, that their mask is wet or damaged," he said.
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Foreign arrivals have been banned in Bali since April, Euronews reports, but visitors from other Indonesian islands are allowed to come to the tourist hotspot.
More than 70 people have received a fine of 100,000 Indonesian rupees ($7) for failing to wear a mask in Bali, but about 30 were unable to pay so have been forced to do push-ups instead, according to AFP.
Tired of people not complying with the rules, authorities say they're considering deporting foreigners who refuse to wear
Since the pandemic began,
In early December, Indonesia received 1.2 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine, which will be free to all citizens, Euronews reports.