The Housing Ministry has announced the closure of two restaurants in the Northern Governorate for flouting the mandatory Yellow Alert Level precautionary measures.

The visits carried out yesterday to 316 restaurants and cafés across the Northern Governorate in cooperation and coordination with the Interior Ministry, the Industry, Commerce and Tourism Ministry and the Bahrain Exhibition and Tourism Authority (BTEA) also found that 25 among them had been violating the same health protocols adopted to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus pandemic, and legal measures were taken accordingly.

During the inspection campaigns, the inspectors also found that seven men salons were flouting the required health protocols, and took legal measures against them.

The Health Ministry called on everyone to continue adhering to the precautionary measures, and to immediately report any violations or irregularities, noting that the inspection campaigns are aimed at protecting public health and curbing the spread of the pandemic.

Source: Bahrain News Agency