Manama: Mahmood Rafique, Editor: The Kingdom of Bahrain has completed almost three quarters of a million tests of the COVID-19 so far.
With a total population of 1.5 million, the number of tests so far conducted by Bahrain are among the highest per capita of tests conducted by any country in the world.
Out of 9202 COVID-19 tests carried out on 21 July 2020, 380 new cases have been detected among 205 expatriate workers, 166 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 9 are travel related. There were 490 recoveries from the COVID-19, increasing total recoveries to 33455 as of Tuesday, the statistics made public by the Ministry of Health, confirms.
The spike in deaths and number of cases is largely attributable to a deliberate non-compliance of the health and safety guidelines developed and implemented by the authorities.
The non-compliance of precautionary measures issued by the Ministry of Health has enhanced the possibility of spreading of the virus among citizens at an alarming level.
The Ministry of Health stressed that it is the national responsibility of all to follow the precautionary health measures enacted by the government, which include vigilantly following social distancing guidelines, to ensure the mitigation of COVID-19 and the safety of the community.
The Ministry highlighted that recent COVID-19 testing has indicated an increase in cases from contacts of active COVID-19 cases, particularly from family and social gatherings, leaving home for unnecessary reasons, and negligence when complying with the health measures and guidelines issued.
