treatment by establishing various types of hospitals and health care facilities”, the NIHR monitored the news about freezing the charges and fees for health services provided to foreign patients in the government medical centers as well as halting the collection of the general medical consultation fee set at BD 7 for non-Bahrainis. 88. Thus, the NIHR values the issuance of Decision No. (27) of 2020, on freezing medical consultation fees and Decision No. (2) of 2017, concerning health services fees for non-Bahrainis, affirming that the Decision of the Minister of Health regarding freezing the fees for the healthcare services provided for foreign patients in the government medical centers enhances the Kingdom’s measures to combat coronavirus (COVID-19), and indicates the concern and commitment of the Ministry of Health to preserve the safety of all the patients, be it Bahrainis or residents. 89. The NIHR commends the concern of the Ministry of Health to organize a number of field visits to the testing, isolation, and treatment centers, in order to check work progress, and the quality of services offered within the national efforts exerted for combating coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 90. On another note, the NIHR monitored the decision issued by the Ministry of Health requiring all passengers arriving to the Kingdom of Bahrain through Bahrain International Airport, as of 12:00 am of Tuesday dated 21 July 2020, to be subjected to a compulsory PCR test for coronavirus upon their arrival to the airport at their own expense with the cost of BD (30), payable through the application “Be Aware Bahrain”, before they board their flights heading to the Kingdom to expedite completing all the procedures, in addition to the stands at the airport that enables cash or electronic payments through debit or credit bank cards; excluded from this are the airplane crew, diplomats, passengers travelling for official missions, and returnees from treatment trips. The competent authorities in the civil aviation will coordinate this along with airlines and operators at the airport. 91. The Ministry added that the arriving passengers are obligated as well to be subjected to precautionary medical quarantine for 10 days, and to take a PCR test after the quarantine period ends, with the passenger bearing the cost of the test at BD (30). All the arriving passengers must download the application “Be Aware Bahrain”, and register in it to complete all the procedures stated in the “medical data” form and reuqired by the precautionary measures set in place in dealing with coronavirus. 92. The NIHR commends the directions of the Head of the Royal Medical Services, Deputy Head of the National Medical Team for Combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19), for the ongoing efforts to implement precautionary and protective measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the Military Hospital, to guarantee the safety of the patients, the visitors, and the medical and nursing staff operating at the hospital, as mobile isolation rooms, NIHR Bahrain- Eighth Annual Report 2020 36