Manama: Mahmood Rafique, Editor: The Kingdom of Bahrain has detected 1120 new COVID-19 infected cases as result of over 18000 tests carried out on Wednesday, April 7th, 2021.
Out of 18103 COVID-19 tests carried out on 7 April, 2021, a record number 1120 new cases have been detected among them 401 were expatriate workers. This figure also includes 684 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 35 are travel related. There were 994 recoveries from the COVID-19, increasing total recoveries to 141119, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
The high number of cases has been consistent over the past many days despite the caution by National Taskforce for Combating Coronavirus (COVID-19) which urged for a public cooperation and responsibility from each member of the community to deal with the situation.
“In order to shift from the stage of social distancing to rapprochement, we must continue to follow all precautionary measures, demand vaccination and stop gatherings at houses and dwellings, and adherence to measures reduces prevalence rates,” Lt. Col. Dr. Manaf Al Qahtani-Member of the National Taskforce for Combating Coronavirus (COVID-19) quoted saying during the Press conference earlier this week.
“We reiterate the warning against laxity with precautionary measures after taking the first dose of vaccination or even after completing the two doses, and it must be continued cautiously with full adherence to all announced precautionary measures of wearing masks and adhering to social distancing standards and washing hands constantly,” he said.
