New COVID-19 variant discovered in Bahrain

The National Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has announced in today’s press conference that the new COVID-19 variant has been discovered in Bahrain.

Precautionary measures have been put to reduce the risk of spreading the new variant and will be implemented for 3 weeks.

• School attendance at government and private schools and kindergartens will be suspended (from 31 Jan)

• Indoor dining at restaurants will remain suspended (from 31 Jan)

More information to follow.