18. These visits to the isolation and quarantine centers confirm the expanding role of NIHR in implementing its tasks and assessing the availability of human rights under various situations and occasions, and that there are no violations of these rights, especially the right to health and the right to food. These sites were recently added to other places that NIHR has occasionally visited like correctional and rehabilitation centers, mental health hospitals, Genetic Blood Diseases Center (Sickler), social welfare homes, among others. 19. In order to abide by the precautionary measures under the current conditions and observing social distancing to curtail the spread of coronavirus, the Committee for Visiting Detention Places and Facilities at NIHR resorted to phone calls to complete the survey information amongst the quarantined and isolated people, focusing on attaining the aim of the field visit, namely, to detect if there any infringement of human rights in these places. The Committee made (32) phone calls for a random sample amongst the quarantined and isolated people, also made (18) phone calls to a random sample amongst the medical staff in these centers and met (13) of them and recorded their feedback in the survey. 20. NIHR released a tweet mentioning in it its role in following up the conditions of the people in isolation, treatment, and quarantine centers, as well as meeting with medical staffs, and communicating with those subjected to isolation or quarantine, in order to ensure the commitment of these centers with precautionary measures set in dealing with the coronavirus, the availability of human rights under these conditions. It affirmed that a suitable work environment was provided for all, observing hygiene and medical care according to international standards and the WHO protocols, as well as providing appropriate water and food around the clock. 21. As to the people under health isolation or quarantine, the “survey” focused on several questions pertaining to the general conditions in the isolation and quarantine centers, the treatment they received by the medical staff as of the moment they arrived to these centers, the kind of treatment they have received during their presence there, the quality of the services rendered be it healthcare or meals, ability to communicate with the external world, and any other remarks they like to add. NIHR Bahrain- Eighth Annual Report 2020 15

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