Bahrain passengers and flights suffer due to sudden spike in COVID-19 cases | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Bahrain passengers and flights suffer due to sudden spike in COVID-19 cases | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

The rising cases of COVID-19 infections in the Kingdom are digging a hole in the pockets of outbound travellers, who have to cancel their tickets after testing positive for the virus following Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), which are done 72 hours before travel. This comes amid Bahrain reporting 7,042 cases on Monday along with 6,784 recoveries and three deaths. Speaking to The Daily Tribune, a resident said he had to cancel air tickets twice after he and his family member tested positive for the virus at a five-day interval. “We desperately wanted to go home as there were two consecutive deaths in our family. First I was tested positive for the virus and we rebooked the ticket, but we had to cancel them all again as my daughter was tested positive after five days. I have suffered huge losses and I can only blame the situation for this ordeal,” he said. Another resident said he cancelled all his travel plans after testing positive for the virus. “I had to travel urgently to Dubai and Indonesia for business purposes. Everything including the return tickets was booked when I tested positive for the virus. I suffered some money loss. But