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In March 2021, Bahrain turned Sitra Mall into a vaccination hub, where four vaccines are offered for free to the general public: the Pfizer–BioNTech, Sinopharm BIBP and Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccines, and Sputnik V. [79] The mall was previously deserted as a result of the pandemic and had only hosted a few shops in addition to a supermarket. [80]
The fourth Vaccine approved by Bahrain’s NHRA is Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine [15] The National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) has also authorized, as the fifth vaccine, the emergency use of Janssen COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson and Johnson. [16] Bahrain became the first country in the world to approve this particular vaccine. [17]
In December 2020, Bahrain approved the vaccine. [81] On 7 May 2021, the World Health Organization added the vaccine to the list of vaccines authorized for emergency use for COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX). [32] [33] In May 2021, Zambia approved use of the vaccine. [82] In June 2021, Philippines approved the BIBP vaccine for emergency ...
1 January – Bahrain authorizes the emergency use of Pfizer's anti-viral oral drug Paxlovid for adults over the age of 18 years. [ 1 ] 12 February – Bahraini authorities confirm that an Israeli military officer will be stationed inside the country as part of an upcoming international coalition consisting of 34 countries.
Bahrain is the dual form of Arabic word Bahr (meaning literally "sea"), so al-Bahrayn originally means literally "the two seas".However, the name has been lexicalised as a feminine proper noun and does not follow the grammatical rules for duals; thus its form is always Bahrayn and never Bahrān, the expected nominative form.
Favored distribution of vaccines within one or a few select countries, called "vaccine sovereignty", is a criticism of some of the vaccine development partnerships, [39] [42] such as for the AstraZeneca-University of Oxford vaccine candidate, concerning whether there may be [needs update] prioritized distribution first within the UK and to the ...
The first hospital in Bahrain is the American Mission Hospital. It started in 1893 as a small dispensary but soon become a clinic. It started in 1893 as a small dispensary but soon become a clinic. And then, with a proper building built, the Mason Memorial Hospital , was formally inaugurated on 26 January 1903.
Bahrain is currently suffering from an obesity epidemic as 28.9% of all males and 38.2% of all females are classified as obese. [4] Cardiovascular diseases account for 32% of all deaths in Bahrain, being the number one cause of death in the country (the second being cancer ). [ 5 ]