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Bahrain Detects First Omicron Case

A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients on Sitra island. (AFP)
A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients on Sitra island. (AFP)
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Bahrain Detects First Omicron Case

A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients on Sitra island. (AFP)
A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients on Sitra island. (AFP)

Bahrain's Ministry of Health announced Saturday the first Omicron variant case in Bahrain, state news agency BNA reported.

The person infected with omicron was traveling from abroad, the ministry said without mentioning which country they traveled from.

The ministry affirmed that it found no contact cases after carrying out a follow-up process, stressing that all necessary precautions have been taken, including the isolation of the infected individual.

In its statement, the ministry stressed the importance of adhering to all precautionary health measures issued by the National Medical Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and everyone to get vaccinated and receive a booster shot.

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Saudi Foreign Minister Arrives in Qatar on an Official Visit

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah. (SPA)
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah. (SPA)
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Saudi Foreign Minister Arrives in Qatar on an Official Visit

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah. (SPA)
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah. (SPA)

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrived in Doha on Tuesday on an official visit to Qatar.

The minister is scheduled to lead the Saudi delegation at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council.

Prince Faisal was received upon arrival by Secretary-General of the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi and Saudi Ambassador to Qatar Prince Mansour bin Khalid bin Farhan.