BeAware Bahrain App to provide PCR test certificate service for travelers from Bahrain to other countries

  • Date: 29-Sep-2020
  • Source: Bizbahrain
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:Bahrain
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BeAware Bahrain App to provide PCR test certificate service for travelers from Bahrain to other countries

The Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) Chief Executive, Mohammed Ali Al Qaed announced that the BeAware Bahrain App will begin providing a Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test certificate service for travelers from Bahrain to other countries. Launched in cooperation with relevant authorities, the new service will be included in the latest app update. The issuance of the certificates via the app is in line with new travel procedures, and the certificates will be unified across public and private hospitals in the Kingdom. Al Qaed highlighted that a certificate can only be issued for the latest test that applicants have undergone, provided that the results are negative and that no more than a month has passed since they were conducted. Al Qaed noted that the PCR certificate is considered