CAIRO  - Bahrain will now allow residents from neighbouring Gulf countries as well as holders of electronic visas and those eligible for visas on arrival, its airport authority said on Friday.

A PCR test for the coronavirus is compulsory on arrival and at travellers' expense, the airport said on its official Twitter account. Passengers would have to self-isolate until the results of the test are received and are negative.

(Reporting by Hesham Abdul Khalek, writing by Maha El Dahan) ((Hesham.AbdulKhalek@thomsonreuters.com;))