Category: COVID-19 Supreme Committee

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

Within it’s continuous sessions held to evaluate and address the developments of COVID-19 in the Sultanate, the Supreme Committee has reviewed the epidemiological investigation reports of the pandemic across all the governorates, which revealed an elevated level of severity in the epidemiological situation of COVID-19 cases in Dhofar Governorate, as the number has increased steadily during the last period, which in turn triggered the ICU admissions and mortalities that outstripped the capacity.

Therefore, attempting to protect the community, and to maintain the capacity of the healthcare system to be able to deal with the disease while providing other health services to the public, the Supreme Committee decided to extend the closure period of commercial activities and ban movement at night-time to start from 6 pm till 5 am, effective tomorrow Saturday Ramadan 4, 1442 H – 17 of April 2021 until further notice.

The Committee stresses that this decision is subject to review at a later stage, based on the epidemiological indicators, and that it is about to take stringent decisions to contain the pandemic, including a full closure of the epidemiological situation required.

Accordingly, the Supreme Committee urges everyone to avoid practices that could lead to a COVID-19 surge; prominently failing to practice social distancing, wearing face masks in mosques or other public settings, and holding social gatherings; funerals, Iftars, or weddings, and visiting commercial establishments at crowded times.

May Allah Protect Us All From Harm

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

Within its continuous sessions held to evaluate recent developments of COVID-19 in the Sultanate, the Supreme Committee has decided to exempt Omanis arriving in the Sultanate through land, sea or air boarders from mandatory institutional quarantine, but should undergo a home-based isolation, together with other procedures imposed on all arrivals in the Sultanate. Consequently, they will not need to provide proof of a hotel booking for 7 nights, or a guarantee letter which specifies details of the arrangements being made in accordance with the institutional quarantine requirements, provided that this decision comes into effect from today.

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee on Covid-19 has taken the following decisions:

– Extending closure of all commercial activities, while allowing movement of individuals and vehicles in all governorates of the Sultanate, between 8 pm and 5 am, starting from Thursday 8 April (25 Shaaban 1442 AH) till the morning of the first day of Ramadhan.

– Nighttime ban throughout Ramadhan on all commercial activities, movement of individuals and vehicles from 9 pm till 4 am.

– No Taraweeh prayers in any mosques.

– Total ban of all gatherings, like iftar-sa’im, in mosques and other places like tents or public assembling areas (sabla or anything else).

– Ban on all group activities—social, sports, cultural or any other collective activities during the month of Ramadhan.

– Entry to the Sultanate will be restricted only to Omani citizens and residency holders with effect from 12 pm of Thursday 25 Shaaban 1442, 8 April 2021.

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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 looked over the reports of epidemiological investigation in schools, which have shown an increase in the number of cases registered among the administrative and educational staff and students in private and international schools as a result of transmission of the pandemic among the community members, and the failure of some schools to take necessary preventive measures, prominently failure to disclose COVID-19 symptoms or coming in contact with positive cases. Hence, seeking to contain the spread of the virus, the Supreme Committee has decided to suspend in-person school attendance of students in private and international schools, while confining their access to education only through remote learning methods, except for grade 12 students to be treated equally just as in government schools, provided that this decision comes into effect from Sunday, April 4th 2021 until further notice.

And because of the dangerous rise of cases across the Sultanate in this period, the Supreme Committee decided to suspend official and community-level sports activities, starting from tomorrow Thursday, 1st of April 2021 until further notice.

The Supreme Committee also decided to reduce the attendance of employees and other public legal persons required to attend in workplaces in the units of the state’s administrative apparatus to 50% only, provided that the employees who do not attend to workplaces perform the work assigned to them remotely, effective Sunday 4th of April 2021 until further notice.

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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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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.

May Allah Protect All From Harm

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee on COVID-19 grants exemption to  home delivery service and tire shops located in petrol stations from the decision to close business activities in the Sultanate, applicable from 8 pm-5am, which ends Saturday morning 20 March 2021.

Thus, the activities excluded from the decision will be petrol stations, health facilities, private pharmacies, home delivery service, and tire shops located in petrol stations.

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

Within its continuous sessions held to follow up on recent developments of COVID-19 in the Sultanate, and to protect the community from this contagious pandemic, the Supreme Committee has decided the following:

To extend suspension of arrivals from the following ten countries; the Republic of Sudan, the Lebanese Republic, the Republic of South Africa, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Ghana, the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of Sierra Leone, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and those travelling from other countries but have passed through one of the aforementioned ten countries in the last 14 days preceding their request to enter the Sultanate. This excludes Omani citizens, diplomats, healthcare workers and their families, who will be subject to the approved procedures upon arriving in the Sultanate.

To extend implementation of online learning to students of public schools by means of distance learning for another two weeks period, ending on Thursday, March 25, 2021. However, grade 12 students will be treated with Blended Learning, provided to evaluate this in accordance with the developments of epidemiological situation in the Sultanate during this period.

May Allah Almighty Protect All from Any Harm

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

Within its continuous sessions held to evaluate the developments of COVID-19 in the Sultanate, the Supreme Committee has reviewed the epidemiological situation of the pandemic at the international level, in which many countries are witnessing a sharp rise in the number of cases and deaths, some due to presence of rapidly spreading mutations. The analysis of local epidemiological situation has showed an increase of inpatients admitted to hospitals all over the Sultanate, exceeding the severity index, and has negatively impacted the national level, which has also exceeded a level of dangerousness. The current  data reveals an alarming rise of travel-associated cases, with the spread of the  pandemic in countries of departure, and the lack of data on its new strains in  other countries.

 The data suggest that cases of the new mutated strains, including the South African, have been detected in laboratory diagnostics, which is an indication of outbreaks in different locations in the Sultanate.  

Hence, in an effort to protect the community, especially from the new  contagious strains, the Committee has decided to:

– Close all business activities in the Sultanate, from 8 PM to 5 AM, effective Thursday evening March 4th, 2021 until Saturday morning March 20th 2021, and that includes restaurants and cafés within tourist facilities and home delivery services. Petrol stations, private health institutions and pharmacies are  excluded.

– Students of public schools continue to receive their education online by means of distance learning, from Sunday, March 7th, 2021 until Thursday, March 11th 2021, provided to evaluate this in accordance with the developments of epidemiological situation in the Sultanate during this period. The Committee stresses to all the seriousness of this stage as the disease is spreading locally and globally, and calls on everyone to practice maximum care and caution to protect their families, the elderly, and people with chronic  diseases, and to avoid gatherings that have been proven to worsen the  condition.

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee decides:

– To extend closure of beaches, public parks in all governorates until further notice, with an emphasis on banning all kind of gatherings in rest houses, farms, winter and desert camps and others.

– The committee recommends families to avoid gathering at homes or other private places.

Within its continuous session, the Supreme Committee decides to extend the closure of all business activities in Ash’Sharqiyyah North Governorate  from 7:00pm to 6:00am until further notice. Petrol stations, facilities health and private pharmacies are excluded from the closure.