Bahrain stops indoor dining, moves schools to remote learning to contain COVID-19 - ministry

Bahrain will suspend dine-in services in restaurants and cafes and will move public and private schools to remote learning for three weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry has detected a new variant of coronavirus, it said, without saying which kind. (Writing by Lisa Barrington; Editing by Jon Boyle)

Bahrain will suspend dine-in services in restaurants and cafes and will move public and private schools to remote learning for three weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

The ministry has detected a new variant of coronavirus, it said, without saying which kind. The decisions will come into effect on Sunday.