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MANAMA: A top UN has praised Bahrain’s Covid warriors who helped turn the kingdom into ‘a model that other countries should emulate to end the pandemic’.
“Bahrain’s medical community, frontline workers and supporting staff truly stepped up to the task,” the UN General Assembly’s 76th session president Abdulla Shahid, who is visiting the kingdom, said yesterday.
“They helped deliver, distribute and administer vaccines.
“They tended to the infected, helped them recover, and ensured that the country averted healthcare disaster,” he said.
“Critically, they helped assuage concerns relevant to vaccines and encouraged more of the public to get vaccinated,” Mr Shahid said.
The UN official, who met Bahrain officials yesterday as part of his visit, praised the kingdom for its proactive measures in tackling the pandemic.
He said that for the third year in a row, Covid-19 looms over the globe, adding that the spread of the Omicron variant has been a particularly cruel blow.
Mr Shahid, who has a distinguished career serving in both the government and legislature of Maldives, was elected last June as the UN General Assembly president.
He is visiting the kingdom until tomorrow at the invitation of the Bahrain government.
On his trip, he is accompanied by Bahraini Futoon Alammadi, who is among the ‘15,811 frontline healthcare professionals and supporting staff’ who were presented with Prince Salman Bin Hamad Medical Merit award ‘in appreciation of their tireless efforts and honorable stances in combating Covid-19 and preserving public health’.
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