Saudis passing through the King Fahd Causeway to Bahrain will no longer need to take a mandatory PCR test for COVID-19.<\/p>\n
All who wish to enter the country do, however, will need to provide evidence of a negative result from a PCR test carried out at an approved laboratory in Bahrain or the Kingdom within 72 hours of arrival.<\/p>\n
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