20 December 2021 www.bahrainthismonth.com interview RISING TO THE CHALLENGE The BeAware app has been an indispensable tool in supporting Bahrain’s COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Bahrain This Month met with the Deputy CE, Electronic Transformation of the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA), Dr. Zakareya Ahmed AlKhajah to shed light on the application’s success. COVID-19 has proved to be one of the most challenging pandemics that the world has had to face to date. As the public health emergency of international concern changed life as we know it, countries around the world put their best foot forward to find a solution that would save lives, instill a feeling of safety among citizens and restore a sense of normality. Bahrain joined the international community’s response to mitigate COVID-19 with the adoption of the “Trace, Test, Treat” strategy, which notably attained worldwide recognition from the World Health Organisation (WHO). To unify and strengthen Bahrain’s response to the global pandemic, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, directed the formation of a National Medical Taskforce for Combatting the Coronavirus (COVID-19). In line with HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister’s directives to deploy modern technologies to further the Kingdom’s COVID19 mitigation efforts, the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA), in cooperation with the National Medical Taskforce introduced the BeAware Bahrain application. The Start of the Journey “During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bahrain capitalised on its strong ICT infrastructure to build the BeAware app which was developed to compliment national COVID19 mitigation efforts. The application centralised the latest health recommendations and international developments in one userfriendly interface, allowing users to stay up-todate with real time COVID-19 developments,” says Deputy CE, Electronic Transformation of the Information & eGovernment Authority
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