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Manama: Violating the decisions of the health minister on communicable diseases constitutes a crime under Bahrain’s laws, Hussain Bu Ali, the chief prosecutor of ministries and public entities, has said.”With reference to Law 34 for 2018 on promulgating the Public Health Law that allows the minister to take the appropriate measures to deal with communicable diseases and prevent their spread, and to the minister’s decision that determines such these diseases, and to the procedures for preventing, isolating and treating communicable diseases, including coronavirus, violating the provisions of these decisions constitutes a punishable crime under the law,” the prosecutor said. “Therefore,…

COVID-19 Bahrain status update 0n 12/03/2020

Rome: Italy will close all shops, bars and restaurants, except pharmacies and food stores, as part of further efforts to contain the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said. Conte urges Italians not to lose hope, warns that contagion numbers may still go up for a while, and says it will likely take weeks before the outbreak abates, Deutsche press agency (dpa) reported. “All together we will make it,” he said.

Ansar Gallery has postponed their Raffle Draw on February 27 and March 12th due to the current circumstances. The new schedule will be announced on appropriate time by the Ansar Gallery Management.

His Excellency, Mr. Ali bin Muhammad Al Rumaihi, Minister of Information Affairs, received in his office, Captain Mahmoud Youssef Al Mahmoud, Editor in Chief of the Daily Tribune, President of the Arab African Unity Organization for Human Rights, who gave him a copy of his book, “The King of Humanity .. Human Rights in the Kingdom the two seas”. The Minister praised the distinguished efforts of the captain in preparing and issuing this book, and documenting it for the honorable Bahraini record as a model in political and democratic reform and respect for human rights, wishing him continued success.

Govt announces an important travels advisory for all air passengers, travelling to & from India. • All existing visas, except diplomatic, official, UN /International Organizations, employment, project visas, stand suspended till 15th April 2020. • This will come into effect from 1200 GMT on 13th March 2020 at the port of departure. • Visa free travel facility granted to OCI card holders is kept in abeyance till April 15th 2020. • This will come into effect from 1200 GMT on 13th March 2020 at the port of departure. • Any foreign national who intends to travel to India for compelling…

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared corona virus a pandemic, signaling that health experts believe efforts should be focused less on containing the virus and more on stockpiling materials, getting hospitals ready to handle an influx of patients and enacting social distancing policies. “We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction,” WHO Director-General Ted ros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. The declaration came as the number of novel corona virus cases surpassed 120,000 worldwide. In the United States, where more than 30 people have been killed by the corona virus,…

Images of a foreign worker walking around halls of Saudi oil company Aramco dressed as a ‘human hand sanitiser dispenser’ amid coronavirus outbreak have surfaced online. The act was condemned as racist and exploitative by the people. Following the criticism, Aramco said, “The company has immediately stopped this act and has taken steps to prevent it from happening again.”

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, will operate 12 flights from the 12th to the 15th of March to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in collaboration with the Saudi authorities. This is to facilitate the travel of passengers whose journeys were disrupted by the COVID-19 global outbreak. Only Saudi nationals will be allowed to travel on these Gulf Air flights from Bahrain to Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam; the return flights from these three airports in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will only be open to non-Saudi nationals. Passengers can book these flights through Gulf Air’s mobile app, gulfair.com, contact…

Three more persons have been tested positive for being infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, Ministry of Health Spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad announced on Wednesday. Dr. Al-Sanad told a daily press briefing that one of the infected persons had travelled to Iran. There are five infected people in the intensive care unit, one in critical condition, and four stable. Total number of people who have been infected with the contagious disease stands at 70, he announced. Two of the patients have recorded, he added.