The Gulf country has repeatedly postponed the reopening of mosques, which was originally scheduled for June 5, due to an increase in virus cases.
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The council, moreover, urged the public to abide by health instructions during the Eid Al Adha holiday to help prevent the spread of the disease.
“The council calls on everyone to shoulder religious and patriotic responsibility by observing directives of specialists… and avoid repeating what happened in Eid Al Fitr [in May] when gatherings and other patterns of behaviour resulted in a big increase in the number of infections and deaths,” it added.
Bahrain so far has reported a tally of 40,311 coronavirus infections and 145 fatalities.
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The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are the seven Arab states which border the Persian Gulf, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This excludes the non-Arab state of Iran. All of these nations except Iraq are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
