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posted on 2022-02-10, 07:35 authored by Saad I Mallah, Abdulkarim Abdulrahman, Abdulla I Alawadhi, Manaf M AlQahtaniThe Kingdom of Bahrain, a country of around 1.5 million, reports as of February 2021, over 100,000 cases, and 420 deaths, ranking it as the 14th-highest country in terms of cases per 100,000, but the 90th highest in deaths per 100,000. In terms of public health measures, Bahrain’s Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) Stringency level score peaked at 78.7 in late March/April. Enforced measures included school closure, cancellation of public events, use of face masks in public, international travel restrictions, comprehensive contact tracing, and a coordinated public campaign.
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Mallah SI, Abdulrahman A, Alawadhi AI, AlQahtani MM. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in a multi-national cohort in the Middle East. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021;11(2):137-139Publication Date
12 March 2021External DOI
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33876599Department/Unit
- RCSI Bahrain
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Springer NatureVersion
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COVID-19CoronavirusSARS-CoV-2PandemicsKingdom of BahrainBahrain’s Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT)contact tracingpublic campaigninternational travel restrictionsschool closuremaskspublic eventscancellationEnforced measuresdeathsMiddle EastMulti-NationalCharacteristicsEpidemiological Characteristics
