The Ministry of Health last night announced that it has registered seven new confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Kingdom, increasing the total confirmed cases to 33. Infected individuals were immediately transferred to Ebrahim Khalil Kanoo Community Medical Centre for isolation and treatment following tests that confirmed they were carrying COVID-19, upon arrival at Bahrain International Airport via indirect flights from Iran, the ministry said in a statement issued.
All individuals in contact with the infected patients have also been quarantined as per preventive efforts, the statement added. The ministry also noted that one of the newly-recorded cases is of a Bahraini citizen who had returned from Iran before the country announced the pandemic.