used to register citizens’ data to count the number of Bahrainis abroad and their locations in cooperation with the diplomatic and consular missions of the Kingdom of Bahrain, as well as to facilitate their safe return home. 6. In implementation of His Majesty the King’s Royal Directive regarding vaccinating Bahraini citizens residing abroad against Covid-19, the process to register citizens’ data was carried out using Wejhati application to count the number of citizens abroad, know their whereabouts, and send the needed number of vaccine doses in cooperation with the diplomatic and consular missions of the Kingdom. The Ministry explained that travelers were notified via the application of any urgent matter and their return home was coordinated by sending notifications, as was the case under the Covid-19 pandemic. 7. This system also provides information on the status of authentication of public documents, and provides general information about the Kingdom of Bahrain that advises the visitors on the most important and famous landmarks in the Kingdom. The system also allows requesting assistance at any time through the virtual assistant, direct contact, Twitter, or through email. 8. By using Wejhati application, contact addresses of the Kingdom’s missions abroad and foreign embassies, their official working hours, and their locations via Google map, can be obtained as a printable PDF file, which is easy to resend. 9. Wejhati application was linked with many services provided by other government agencies and a number of companies, such as passport renewal, travel ban, travel insurance, flight information inquiry, Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain Tourism Guide, and Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities. The application has a link for electronic visa to enter the Kingdom. It is worth noting that, since launching the application, it was downloaded (37,278) times. 10. The Ministry reported that, in line with the objectives of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain on the digital transformation of services during the Covid-19 pandemic, the idea of utilizing an artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant evolved. It is an electronic service for communicating and interacting with citizens and residents, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to answer their questions and inquiries on all services provided by the Ministry and the missions of the Kingdom of Bahrain abroad, while also Ninth Annual Report of the NIHR 75

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