Manama, April 4 -- With Citizens account for 70per cent of new infections of the COVID-19, the contact tracing mechanism revealed that gatherings are one of the main reasons of transmission in Bahraini society, and the contact tracing data for the month of March showed that 91% of contacts were due to gatherings in homes and dwellings.

"Since the first of January this year, the infection rate has been 70% for citizens and 30% for expatriates, and we note the need to adhere to all instructions issued by the national medical team to deal with Corona virus and the concerned authorities to limit the spread of the virus," Dr. Walid Al-Manea, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and the member of the National Taskforce for Combating the Coro...