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The Ministry of Education gave the green light, allowing all teachers to work from home as from Sunday, corresponding to the 5th April 2020. The measure followed the directives of the Executive Committee, chaired by  His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier. It is also in line with the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) directive 6 of 2020,  allowing ministries, entities, and government departments to increase the rate of distance work to 70% as a maximum. “The Ministry of Education has thus achieved the required 70% cap of its overall human resources”, said…

Bahrain tested a total of 36506 until now. There are 258 active cases. These include 255 stable cases and 3 critical cases. 381 people have been discharged. Only 4 death has been reported until now. Read more about the fourth death – Click Here Read more about the third death – Click Here Read more about the second death – Click Here

The Inspection Directorate at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism, today oversaw the sale of the first batch of seized fruit and vegetables. The directorate’s team also monitored the prices of fruit and vegetables at various outlets across the kingdom’s directorates and said that their prices fell by about 30%. Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister, Zayed bin Rashid Al-Zayani, said that that the sale of the sized products will continue on a daily basis, commensurate with the market needs, noting that the Inspection Directorate will continue its campaigns to ensure the flow of basic products and stability of their…

Bloomberg News reports that the US intelligence community has concluded that China is “intentionally” hiding the true numbers of its coronavirus cases and fatalities — a fact that should surprise no one, and is yet another way Beijing has made the pandemic a bigger problem for the rest of the world. If Beijing had reported the true size of the outbreak there, public-health experts would’ve been sounding much louder alarms at the start — and the rest of the world would have begun making much greater preparations, sooner. COVID-19 has claimed at least 42,000 lives worldwide. A University of Southampton study…

In line with the directives of the Government Executive Committee, chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, to encourage work from home for public institutions whenever possible, Civil Service Bureau (CSB) President, Ahmed bin Zayed Al-Zayed, announced allowing ministries, entities, and government departments to increase the rate of distance work to 70% as a maximum. The CSB instruction will be implemented starting from Sunday, April 5 and continue until further notice. It will be applied according to the work requirements, provided that the services delivered…

The General Directorate of Traffic announced that the services that required personal attendance would be processed after booking appointments through the Skiplino smartphone application to avoid overcrowding at the service providing halls, including the headquarters, Driving Learning Directorates and Security Complex in Muharraq, as part of precautionary measures against the spread of COVID-19. The directorate called upon the public to process their services through the e-traffic application and the government portal, bahrain.bh. Services that require the attendance of the applicants include transferring the ownership of number plates and vehicles, replacement of driving learning licence, owning number plates, issuance of certificates…

The Ministry of Health has announced that 353 of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases with a history of travel to countries with high infection rates, 68% were detected among travellers returning from Iran. To date, a total of 241 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been detected among travellers returning from Iran, followed by 57 travellers returning from the United Kingdom, 12 travellers returning from Egypt, eight returnees from Iraq and 27 travellers from other countries with high infection rates. Bahrain, with its high recovery rate, is being recognised as a model for mitigating the spread of COVID-19. To date, the Kingdom has recorded…

An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Interior has stated that within the Kingdom’s efforts to confront coronavirus pandemic, and in implementation of the recommendations of competent health authorities to raise the degree of precautionary and preventive measures in the cities of Makkah and Madinah, to preserve the health and safety of citizens and residents, it was decided the following: First: The curfew will be effective in all parts of the cities of Makkah and Madinah for 24 hours a day, with the continuing ban of entry into and exit from the two cities, as of today until further…

The fourth batch of Bahrainis has arrived from Iran. They are among the 1,630 citizens stranded in Iran since the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Health Ministry announced on Twitter that the group came on a chartered flight with all necessary medical precautions.

As part of the precautionary measures implemented by the kingdom to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) has launched the home delivery service of prescribed medicines to ensure the health, safety, and comfort of the patients. SMC management indicated that those wishing to benefit from the e-service shall provide the patients’ required information through the link on the Health Ministry’s website, and they will receive their medicines within 48 hours after the receipt of the demand. The pharmacy staff at the Salmaniya Medical Complex will, upon receipt of the request electronically, prepare the…