Bahrain Ends Mandatory Self-Isolation for All Arrivals

FILE PHOTO: General view of Bahrain Financial Harbour is seen during early evening hours in Manama, Bahrain, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: General view of Bahrain Financial Harbour is seen during early evening hours in Manama, Bahrain, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
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Bahrain Ends Mandatory Self-Isolation for All Arrivals

FILE PHOTO: General view of Bahrain Financial Harbour is seen during early evening hours in Manama, Bahrain, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: General view of Bahrain Financial Harbour is seen during early evening hours in Manama, Bahrain, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo

Bahrain announced on Wednesday it would end a protocol that required all those arriving in the country to self-isolate at home for 10 days regardless of the outcome of testing, the health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

Instead, in the new procedure beginning on Thursday, arrivals will be tested twice, both on arrival and 10 days later, but will be able to end their self-isolation if the first test is negative.

The ministry said this change comes as only 0.2% of those tested 10 days post-arrival had tested positive in the period between July 1 and Aug. 16, Reuters reported.

Bahrain has recorded 3,482 coronavirus cases and 178 deaths.



Al-Budaiwi: Unified GCC Tourism Visa Coming Soon

Jassem Al-Budaiwi meets with the participates of the 39th meeting of heads of GCC Interior Ministries' passport departments. Photo: GCC Secretariat
Jassem Al-Budaiwi meets with the participates of the 39th meeting of heads of GCC Interior Ministries' passport departments. Photo: GCC Secretariat
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Al-Budaiwi: Unified GCC Tourism Visa Coming Soon

Jassem Al-Budaiwi meets with the participates of the 39th meeting of heads of GCC Interior Ministries' passport departments. Photo: GCC Secretariat
Jassem Al-Budaiwi meets with the participates of the 39th meeting of heads of GCC Interior Ministries' passport departments. Photo: GCC Secretariat

The unified GCC tourism visa (for non-Gulf countries' residents) will be launched soon, Secretary General Jassem Al-Budaiwi said this week.

Al-Budaiwi - during the 39th meeting of heads of GCC Interior Ministries' passport departments - expressed gratitude to all efforts to realize the unified tourism visa, the GCC Secretariat said in a statement on Wednesday.

He indicated that the measures would help realize the visions of the Gulf leaderships, adding that involved parties were keen on keeping up with the latest technologies, as well as growing and rapid global security demands.