A Gulf Air flight has arrived from Iran carrying a number of Bahrainis who were stranded in Iran following the Covid-19 outbreak, reports the GDN's Raji Unnikrishnan.
The Health Ministry said the flight is part of the government's International Covid-19 Repatriation Programme (ICRP), the evacuation plan for citizens stranded abroad following the outbreak of virus.
This is the ninth batch of citizens to be evacuated. They were flown in from Mashhad.
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