COVID-19: Fine quadrupled for failure to wear face masks in Bahrain
Violators to pay BD20 on the spot, country has total of 67,701 coronavirus cases
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Cairo: Bahrain has increased a fine on failing to wear face masks in public places by four times amid a spike in coronavirus numbers in the country.
Interior Minister Rashed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa decreed the mandatory wearing of protective masks in public, industrial and commercial places until further notice, Bahraini newspaper Akhbar Al Khaleej reported.
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Bahrain so far has reported a total of 67,701 virus cases and 233 related deaths.
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