International healthcare professionals from Pfizer, Google, and Meta, along with Bahraini healthcare specialists, discussed pandemic learnings and Bahrain’s successful mitigation measures at the Harvard COVID-19 International Symposium held in Manama, Bahrain.

 

The hybrid symposium, powered by CISCO and co-led and managed by Harvard University, welcomed speakers from global health institutes to contribute to panel discussions on “Geonomics, Surveillance, and Testing of COVID-19 Pandemic”, “Therapeutic Efforts for COVID-19”, “Global and National Response to COVID-19”, “Social Platforms & Global Response to COVID-19 Experience”.

 
The chairman of the Supreme Council of Health, HE Lt Gen Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, delivered the symposium’s keynote address, during which he highlighted Bahrain’s rapid and comprehensive pandemic response. During his address, HE Lt Gen Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdullah also detailed the strategies that Bahrain employed to mitigate the spread and impact of the virus. Measures included the provision of free PCR tests, treatment for those infected, and vacations for both citizens and residents.

 

For further information, please visit: https://www.moh.gov.bh/COVID19/Details/5269.