DTT | Manama
The number of new active instances reported among the inflamed Bahrainis with the coronavirus (COVVI-19) higher significantly in just over a month, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, said Dr. Waleed al Manea. Dr. Al Manea said that on April 16, 26 new instances had been reported, however, on June 2, the number greater than 179 Bahrainis.
El Dr. Al Manea said that among the reasons for the “large construction” are a reckless failure to comply with physical fitness rules and a building in the circle of family reunions, as many new active instances are detected within the same circle of relatives.
He emphasized the importance of ensuring that the relative meetings circle is limited to Americans who live in the same home, along with the other rules of physical aptitude, such as leaving the house only when necessary, dressing in facial tasks and remain through social distancing regulations.
Dr. Al Manea was speaking at the National Taskforce for Combatting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press conference, held yesterday at the Crown Prince Centre for Training and Medical Research at the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Hospital, where the latest developments in the Kingdom’s COVID-19 fight were highlighted.
El Dr. Al Manea was joined by an infectious disease representative, a microbiologist from BDF Hospital and a member of Colonel Dr. Manaf Al Qahtani’s National Task Force, as well as through Salmaniya’s infectious and internal diseases representative. Complex, Dr. Jameela Al Salman.
Dr. Al Manea under pressure the importance of following the new extended protocols of FaceMask recently announced through the National Task Force. The face mask is used in public adults and around other people with underlying physical conditioning situations that live in the same home.
Individuals driving a car, or practising strenuous exercises such as running or swimming do not need to wear a face mask during those activities. Dr. Al Manea reiterated the Kingdom’s continued commitment to ensuring all measures are taken to preserve the health and safety of the community.
He pointed out that, the next phase of the attenuation of COVID-19, which adheres to all the measures of aptitude and caution is the duty of each individual to ensure the security of their circle of relatives and the community. Dr. Al Manea revealed that the existing ability for the isolation and the existing remedy of the kingdom had increased.
It now stands at 7,187 beds, of which 4,884 were occupied at the time of the conference; while quarantine capacity has also gone up, with 3,410 beds, of which 599 are currently occupied. Meanwhile, Dr. Al Qahtani enumerated certain steps that must be followed to ensure the safety of individuals and families when returning home from outdoors.
These include placing shoes outside the household as well as personal belongings in a box and disinfecting them, removing and disinfecting any bags brought from outside, changing one’s clothes, and taking a shower.
Dr. Al Qahtani also announced that clinical trials of convalescence plasma to help treat patients with COVID-19 have ended and that the effects are now analyzed through specialists. He added that the trials affected 40 patients.
For his part, Dr. Al Salman noted the Ministry of Health’s commitment to developing its daily testing capacity, saying that as of yesterday, more than 330,000 tests were conducted. Al Salman noted that a giant number of other people in Bahrain have regained their lives thanks to the kingdom’s remedy protocol and care provided to active cases.