Category: COVID-19 Supreme Committee

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee decides:

– The academic year (2020-2021) will start on Sunday, November 1, 2020 for students and on Sunday, September 27, 2020 for teachers and related jobs. The academic days shall not be less than 180 days. The vacations of students, teachers and associated jobs shall be aligned with this decision accordingly.

– Adopting hybrid education for all schools: students will go to school for some classes and will attend other classes through distance learning, in accordance with the controls and regulations to be issued by the Ministry of Education.

May Allah Almighty protect everyone from all harm.

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee for Dealing with COVID-19 is following up the reports related to the tropical condition in the Arabian Sea, which is expected to affect some of the Sultanate’s Governorates.

Therefore, in order to facilitate the movement of citizens and residents, the Supreme Committee decides to lift the total lockdown between the Governorates earlier than announced, at 2:00 PM, Friday August 7, 2020.

The Supreme Committee stresses that this decision does not include Dhofar Governorate, as its lockdown will continue until further notice. The Supreme Committee also affirms the continuation of the night movement ban in all of the Governorates from 7:00 PM today to 6:00 AM tomorrow, and from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM as of tomorrow, Saturday, August 8, until Saturday morning, August 15, 2020.

May Allah Almighty protect everyone from all harm.

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee decides the following:

– Lifting the lockdown between Governorates on Saturday morning 8 August 2020 at 6 am, and cutting the movement ban time duration in all the Sultanate to be from 9:00 pm till 5:00 am as of Saturday evening 8 August 2020 until Saturday morning 15 August 2020.

– Keeping the lockdown on Dhofar Governorate until further notice, considering the epidemiological indicators.

May Allah Almighty Protect All from any Harm

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee for Dealing with COVID-19 held a meeting this morning headed by His Excellency Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal A1 Busaidi, Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Committee, and in the presence of Their Excellencies members of the Committee, at the National Emergency Management Center to follow up the developments of this pandemic, precautionary measures and ways to avoid its spread and deal with its various impacts.

On the occasion of the blessed Eid Al-Adha, the Supreme Committee extends its sincere greetings to His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, may Allah protect him, and to the Arab and Islamic nations, praying to Allah the Almighty to protect His Majesty, grant him good health and wellbeing, and grant the Omani people further progress and prosperity.

The Committee has followed the progress of applying the decision of the total lockdown of the Sultanate’s Governorates, banning movement and closing all public places and shops from (7:00 PM) to (6:00 AM), effective as of last Saturday. The Committee praises the commitment of citizens and residents to apply the decision, which, Allah willing will protect ourselves, our family and our society from infection, prevent the potential adverse effects and strengthen the health sector to respond to this pandemic and other diseases.

The Committee urges all members of society to be very careful during the blessed Eid A1-Adha, and appeals to them to reduce movement as much as possible during the daytime and to avoid family and social gatherings of any kind, as it has been scientifically proven that gatherings cause disease outbreaks among large numbers of people. The Committee affirms that the violators of its various decisions will be dealt with strictly.

May Allah the Almighty protect everyone.

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee for Dealing with COVID-19 decides: The total lockdown of the Governorates of the Sultanate, O starting from Saturday, July 25, 2020 to Saturday August 8, 2020.

– Preventing movement and closing all public places and shops during the mentioned period from 7:00 PM until 6:00 AM during the lockdown period. Patrols and checkpoints will be intensified during the day hours.

– The Supreme Committee affirms the continuation of banning gatherings of all kinds, especially Eid prayers, traditional Eid markets, greeting gatherings and group celebrations of the Eid.

May Allah Almighty protect everyone.

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee for Dealing with Covid-19 held a meeting this morning to follow up the developments of this pandemic, measures to prevent it and ways to curb its spread.

The Committee examined the noticeable increase in the number of deaths and infected cases, especially among Omani families as a result of the increase of close contact with other infected cases and visits of citizens to each other, according to the results of the epidemiological investigation.

The Committee expresses its concern about this increase, and calls upon all citizens and residents to exercise utmost caution, and to abide by the precautionary measures that can reduce the number of infected and death cases.

Accordingly, the Committee decides to:

– Continue the lockdown of Dhofar Governorate and Wilayat Masirah until further notice.

– Facilitate travel abroad to citizens through the airports, provided that upon return they adhere to the precautionary controls set by the competent authorities or any other controls that will be issued by theses authorities in the future.

May Allah protect you all.

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee is following with deep concern the escalating number of infected cases and fatalities of COVID-19 in the Sultanate in the past days, and hence, it expresses its profound discontent about the lack of commitment to the control and preventive measures established by the competent authorities to prevent its further spread in the community, which has contributed significantly to its transmission to their families, relatives, and colleagues in the workplace, in addition to the rest of society.

The Committee reaffirms the high-risk of this disease; as there is no vaccine or treatment available for its prevention so far, and due to its possibility to cause serious health complications, which in many cases, led to the death of people of all age groups.

Accordingly, the Committee wishes to draw the attention of all to the fact that the spread of the disease has put considerable burden on the healthcare system, particularly intensive care units, which affects the quality of services provided by this sector, both when dealing with COVID-19 infection or other diseases.

Within the efforts intended to halt furthering the spread of the pandemic e and to prevent more fatalities or adding extra burden on the healthcare system, and to assign all people to shoulder their responsibility, the Supreme Committee has decided to tighten the penalties against violators of the decisions issued by it, and stresses that it is proceeding to deal decisively with violators in various ways; for the common good, and this may include publishing the names and pictures of violators in various media.

Given its role to minimise the implications of the pandemic on the private sector, and on the financial viability of companies and institutions subject to tax, the Committee has decided to launch a package of measures to those companies and institutions, to be announced later by the Tax Authority.

May the Almighty Allah Protect All from Any Harm

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee for Dealing with Covid-19 decides to:

– Maintain the lockdown of Dhofar Governorate and Wilayat Masirah until the end of Friday, July 17, 2020.

Extend the facilitation package that was offered to the private sector and its workforce in last April to continue until the end of September 2020.

– The Committee has followed with great concern the epidemiological indicators of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which include the significant increase in cases, especially among citizens; the high number of cases in intensive care units and wards; the numbers of deaths and the report of the lack of commitment to the precautionary measures.

The Committee calls upon everyone to strictly adhere to physical distancing, wear face masks, keep their hands clean, and to follow all the other precautionary measures. It, also, calls upon everyone to realize their individual and collective responsibility, in order to protect themselves, their families and the whole society from the spread of the virus.

The Committee calls upon all institutions in the public and private sectors to provide an environment for physical distancing, monitor the commitment of all their employees and beneficiaries to the precautionary measures, as well as to monitor violators to subject them to the legal actions adopted in this regard.

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

The Supreme Committee for Dealing with COVID-19 held a meeting this morning chaired by H.E Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi, Minister of Interior, in the presence of all members of the Committee, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior to follow up the developments of the pandemic, prevention measures and ways to avoid its spread, and deal with its various impacts.

The Committee decided to resume a new package of commercial and industrial activities as of Wednesday, June 245, 2020; the competent authorities will announce the details of this package and the necessary health requirements.

The Supreme Committee calls upon everyone to abide by all precautionary measures issued by the competent authorities to protect themselves, their family and society from the coronavirus (COVID-19).

May Allah Almighty protect you and your loved ones.

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Statement of the Supreme Committee

Following the Royal Orders of His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik—May Allah Protect Him—on the establishment of a committee emanating from the Supreme Committee for Dealing with COVID-19 and intended to address the economic repercussions of the pandemic, the committee held its first meeting this morning, chaired by His Excellency Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi, Minister of Interior, and in the presence of their excellencies, members of the committee, at the Ministry of Interior.

The committee reviewed its mandated tasks to foster coexistence and adjustment to the new conditions, to study the economic situation, and to form an appropriate mechanism to ensure a speedy return of economic activities for an accelerated economic growth. The committee has also discussed the appropriate mechanisms to achieve this, in coordination with various government and private entities.