Note: The following text is a public domain translation published by the Official OmanVsCovid19 Twitter account.
Statement of the Supreme Committee
The Supreme Committee dealing with COVID-19 pandemic has reviewed the report of the technical team tasked to follow up the recent developments of the pandemic & its new strains in the Sultanate, and the worrying increase of cases and ICU hospitalized patients. Accordingly, to halt further spread of the pandemic and to protect the healthcare system, the committee decided to:
– Keep the Sultanate’s land boarders closed until further notice.
– Allow citizens abroad to enter the Sultanate through land boarders, provided to adhere to a seven-day institutional isolation, plus other procedures imposed upon arriving through else boarders.