The National Medical Taskforce for Combatting the Coronavirus has announced the decision to further extend the previously imposed restrictions until Friday, 2nd July, to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Under current orders, the following activities remain restricted to all in-person activities:
•Shopping malls and commercial shop – with services limited to online sales and delivery
•Restaurants and cafes – services limited to delivery and takeaway
•Gyms and sport halls, swimming pools, and recreational centres
•Cinemas
•Events and conferences
•Attendance of sporting events
•Salons, barber shops, spas and beauty parlours
•Social gatherings in homes
•Schools and higher educational institutions, kindergartens, rehabilitation centres, nurseries and training centres, with the sole exception of attendance for international examinations
The following policies remain in effect:
•Work-from-home policy to cover 70% of Government employees
•Current travel procedures to the Kingdom of Bahrain
The following may resume without restrictions:
•Hypermarkets, supermarkets, grocery stores, and stores that sell meat products and fresh vegetables
•Bakeries
•Fuel and gas stations
•Private health clinics, with the exception of some health services for which a circular is being issued by the National Authority for Regulating Health Professions and Services
•Banks and currency exchange services
•Administrative offices of institutions and companies, whose activities are not directly customer facing
•Import and export distributors
•Automobile repair and spare parts shops
•Businesses operating in the processing, construction and maintenance sectors
•Factories
•Enterprises operating in the telecommunication sector
•Pharmacies
