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Note: The following text is a public domain translation published by the Official OmanVsCovid19 Twitter account.
Statement of the Supreme Committee
The Supreme Committee on COVID-19 has followed up, with extreme anxiety, epidemiological monitoring reports and took note of the alarming daily surge in Covid-19 infection cases, the growing number of patients admitted to hospital wards and intensive care units and the unfortunate spike in death cases. Specialists expect the period from 1 April to 31 May 2021 to be extremely difficult stage in the pandemic’s development in the Sultanate. To avoid the worse, the Supreme Committee will take a series of tougher and more comprehensive measures that might culminate into lockdown and total ban on movement during the above mentioned period. The procedures will begin with a decision to impose nighttime closure of commercial activities and a ban on movement of people and vehicles from 8 pm to 5 am with effect from Sunday 28 March 2021 till the morning of Thursday 8 April 2021.
The Supreme Committee decided to maintain its decision requiring students of government schools to continue learning online till Thursday 8 April 2021, except Class 12 students, who have to stick to the Blended Learning System. During this period, the situation will be assessed in line with the epidemiological scenario.
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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,
the Oil and Gas Law promulgated by Royal Decree 8/2011,
Royal Decree 17/2007 Approving the Petroleum Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and British Petroleum (BP Amoco Exploration Epsilon Limited) for Block 61,
Royal Decree 11/2014 Approving the Amended Petroleum Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and British Petroleum (BP Exploration Epsilon Limited) for Block 61,
Royal Decree 14/2017 Approving the Amended Petroleum Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, BP Exploration Epsilon Limited, and Makarim Gas Development LLC for Block 61,
Royal Decree 44/2018 Approving the Assignment by Makarim Gas Development LLC of 10% of Its Rights and Obligations in the Amended Petroleum Agreement Signed on 8 November 2016 for Block 61 to PC Oman Ventures Limited,
and the collection of documents by which BP Exploration (Epsilon) Limited assigned 20% of its rights and obligations in the amended petroleum agreement signed on 8 November 2016 for Block 61 to PTTEP MENA Limited, which accepts this assignment,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The assignment by BP Exploration (Epsilon) Limited of 20% of its rights and obligations in the amended petroleum agreement signed on 8 November 2016 for Block 61 to PTTEP MENA Limited is hereby approved. The final shares of the parties to the agreement shall be as follows:– 40% for BP Exploration Epsilon Limited.
– 30% for Makarim Gas Development LLC.
– 20% for PTTEP MENA Limited.
– 10% for PC Oman Ventures Limited.
Article II
This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance. Issued on: 9 Sha’ban 1442 Corresponding to: 23 March 2021Haitham bin Tarik Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 1385 issued on 28 March 2021.Published in Official Gazette 1385 issued on 28 March 2021.
Published in Official Gazette 1386 issued on 4 April 2021.
Note: The following text is a public domain translation published by the Official OmanVsCovid19 Twitter account.
Statement of the Supreme Committee
Within its continuous sessions held to follow up the recent developments of COVID-19 in the Sultanate, the Supreme Committee has seen the presentation of the technical health team on the epidemiological status of the novel Coronavirus in Oman, with its worrying increase of cases and mortalities, and the factors leading to this concern, particularly family and social gatherings, together with travel-related reasons. Hence, to halt further spread of the pandemic, and to guard the capacity of local healthcare system, the Supreme Committee has decided the following:
– To ban direct flights from the United Kingdom, excluding air freight, and prohibit the entry of travelers who have been in or transited through the United Kingdom in the previous 14 days, effective 12 pm Friday, March 19th, 2021 until further notice, excluding Omani citizens.
– To reduce the number of employees in workplaces in units of the administrative apparatus of the state and other public legal persons to 70% only, starting from Sunday, March 21st to April 1st 2021. The Committee therefore urges all units to adhere to the preventive measures and monitor compliance with them.
– To extend implementation of the closure imposed on all business activities in the Sultanate that is currently applicable from 8 pm to 5 am until April 3rd 2021, except for petrol stations, private health facilities and pharmacies, tire shops at petrol stations, good transport with loading and unloading, operation of factories without receiving customers, home delivery, drive-thru of restaurants, cafés, mobile cafés and authorized mobile vendors, and eventually hotel restaurants to their guests only.
– To activate volunteering across the Sultanate, in coordination with their excellencies the Walis.
– To allow the exercise of individual sports at beaches, while prohibiting any gatherings therein.
The Committee eventually calls on all to abide by these measures, and to avoid gatherings at homes or farm chalets for whatever occasion. The committee also urges public and private bodies to set their mechanism to enforce these regulations, and not to tolerate non-compliance of violators, and to impose penalties against them.