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Join hands against pandemic: Bahrain police tell citizens, residents

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Police directorates and security departments in Bahrain yesterday urged the general public to assume their responsibility in Bahrain’s fight against the deadly pandemic. “Maintaining public safety is the responsibility of everyone, and that the awareness of citizens and residents is an essential pillar for achieving the desired goals,” said top police officials in a statement.

The statement said that it is necessary to continue adhering to the COVID-19 preventive measures suggested by the national task force combating the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The statement also affirmed that police and security officials in the Kingdom are taking actions to ensure strict adherence to preventive measures.

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From the start of the pandemic until June 23, the statement said, police officers pressed charges against 91,043 people for not wearing face masks in public places, booked 10,860 people for failing to maintain social distancing, and organised 12,426 awareness campaigns.

During this period, the National Ambulance centre checked 17,107 reports of coronavirus pandemic through specially formed teams and transported 103,731 cases.

Meanwhile, the General Administration of Civil Defense carried out 337,911 disinfection and sterilisation operations and organised several training courses on the correct methods of sterilisation.

A total of 1,194 people from private sector companies took part in the courses organised by the Civil Defense, as the number of volunteers from March last year reached 6,134.

Civil Defence officials also supervised 2,394 sterilisation and disinfection operations with the participation of 1,230 volunteers.

The officials also carried 107 disinfection operations with cleaning companies.