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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,
the Law concerning the Employee System of the Diwan of Royal Court promulgated by Royal Decree 97/97,
and the Civil Service Law promulgated by Royal Decree 120/2004,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
Sayyid Dr Sultan bin Yarub bin Qahtan Al-Busaidi is hereby transferred from the Ministry of Health to the Private Office with his same financial and employment entitlements, and is hereby appointed an advisor with the special grade.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 19 Rabi Al-Thani 1442
Corresponding to: 1 December 2020
Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 1369 issued on 6 December 2020.
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 decides:
– To end the decision of reducing the number of employees required to be present in their workplaces in all of the units of the Administrative Apparatus of the State and other corporate entities as of Sunday 20 Rabia’ al-Akhir 1442 corresponding to 6th December 2020.
The Supreme Committee also urges all entities to necessarily continue their adherence to the precautionary and preventive measures that are essential to prevent the spread of the virus and to follow-up the entities’ commitment.
– To allow issuing tourist visas to enter the Sultanate, with the condition of having the tourists organized in groups by hotels and tourism firms.
– To reopen new package of commercial and industrial activities, with the necessity of having these activities committed to the required preventive measures. The competent authorities will announce further details of these activities.