Dr. Al Qahtani: 100,000 Omicron cases; 14 deaths since January 2022

Bahrain has registered 100,000 Omicron cases and 14 cases since January 2022, said Lt. Col. Dr. Manaf Al Qahtani, Infectious Diseases Consultant & Microbiologist at the BDF Hospital and Member of the National Medical Taskforce for Combating COVID-19.
 
Lt. Col. Dr. Al Qahtani pointed out that 787 people passed away out of 112,000 positive cases, due the advent of Delta variant last year.
 
He stressed the success of the national vaccination campaign in achieving its goals, which contributed to raising the immune response for all age groups which took two doses and the booster jab.
 
“The anti-Coronavirus vaccination has proven effective in reducing the incidence of complications for existing cases, thus reducing hospital admission rates and intensive care and the death toll”, he said.
 
He underlined Bahrain’s continuous efforts to combat the virus within the national vaccination campaign to protect citizens and residents’ health and safety,
 
“It is important to focus in the current stage on the number of existing cases whose health requires hospitalization or admission to intensive care” said Dr. Al Qahtani.