Covid-19 took five lives last month in Bahrain; number of casualties declining
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Staff Reporter
Five Covid-19 deaths were reported last month as the number of new cases stabilised since the beginning of April, 2022.
Highlighting Bahrain’s success in the battle against the virus, the number is a steep decline when compared to last February, which saw 46 Covid-19 deaths, the highest monthly death number during the third wave of infection.
The death numbers stood at 1,476 yesterday and there are only two critical cases now. Highest single day death number (four) since the beginning of the New Year was reported on February 13 and February 23.
There were 357 new cases yesterday along with 425 recoveries. There are 3,091 active cases including 14 hospitalised patients infected with Covid-19. Having approved eight vaccines to be administered to the public in its battle against Covid-19 vaccine, the Kingdom now stands fourth along with Botswana, Cambodia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Vietnam in the matter of giving nod to different anti-Covid vaccines.
India and Mexico, which have approved 10 anti-Covid vaccines top the list. The two countries are followed by Argentina, Nepal, Moldova, Hungary and Ecuador with each of them approving nine different vaccines.
Bahrain became the first country in the world last month to authorise, receive and administer Valneva’s Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by the French biotech major. The Kingdom was one of the first countries to provide access to all FDA approved vacations, with other effective vaccines, such as Sinopharm, also being made available.
Elsewhere, most entry restrictions for those arriving in Bahrain have been removed and Bahrain International Airport is in the process of introducing a dedicated medical protocol for COVID-19 cases.
A robust multi-lingual media strategy underpins Bahrain’s public awareness campaign, which delivers regular pandemic developments, reiterates the necessity of following restrictions, and promotes getting vaccinated.
Earlier, the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised the efforts of the Kingdom in supporting the organisation’s role in facing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
He lauded the Kingdom’s remarkable role in curbing the spread of the virus by taking effective preventive measures. He also praised Bahrain’s solidarity with the other member states of the organisation in taking comprehensive measures and unifying efforts to quickly find the necessary treatment.
Dr Tedros praised the Kingdom for adopting a comprehensive approach to handle the pandemic by taking precautionary measures in a proactive and extremely effective way to slow the spread of the virus.
He also lauded the Kingdom’s continuous coordination with the organisation to follow up on the development of the virus and the organisation’s decisions in this regard. Bahrain has taken proactive precautionary measures to mitigate the spread of the virus by implementing the highest tracking standards to know the details of the impact of contacts.
Bahrain has also made efforts to increase the capacity of hospitals, precautionary quarantine centers, and isolation and treatment centers. It has also increased the number of laboratory tests, intensive care equipment, and personal protective equipment.
A complete plan was also drawn up to recruit, qualify and train the necessary manpower. It succeeded in handling cases and improving therapeutic capacity, as demonstrated by effective treatment protocols in the Kingdom, which helped in treating a large number of existing cases.
Bahrain was the first Arab country to join a “solidarity test” to test the first vaccine, and start clinical trials of treatment with blood plasma.
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