Rising COVID cases in Bahrain affect cleaning services

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The rise in COVID-19 cases has adversely affected the functioning of many cleaning services companies in Bahrain.

Sources said all major cleaning companies have been forced to temporarily close many sites owing to COVID-19 cases among the staff.

Speaking to The Daily Tribune, a manager with a cleaning company, who doesn’t want to be named, said: “Once a staff tests positive for COVID-19 all contacts would have to go for self-isolation.

And this is making it very difficult to allocate staff to different sites.”

He said there is heavy demand for cleaning services across Bahrain, but “on the contrary, sending staff to sites have become difficult”.

Cleaning companies generally offer commercial and residential cleaning along with disinfecting and sanitising services. “Our services are highly required at this point of time to tackle COVID-19 spread.

Sanitising indoor areas have been proved to be of the highest effectiveness in curbing the infection.”

Cleaning companies have played a vital role in Bahrain’s battle against the virus as disinfection operations were carried across Bahrain during the beginning of the pandemic season.

 Many advanced methods along with new measures were adopted by the cleaning companies to contain the virus.

Bahrain saw 1,694 new cases yesterday while the total number of active cases stood at 11,061.