The Sultanate of Oman calls on citizens and residents not to travel unless absolutely necessary

All travelers coming to the Sultanate are subject to pre- and post-arrival checks.

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The Omani Ministry of Health has called on citizens and residents not to travel unless absolutely necessary, during the current period, especially with the emergence of new and mutated strains of the emerging corona virus (Covid-19).

Yesterday, the Oman News Agency quoted the head of the International Health Regulations and Port Health Department at the General Directorate for Disease Control and Control at the Ministry of Health, Khalid bin Saeed Al Harithi, as saying that the statistics available to the Ministry of Health for travelers coming to the Sultanate showed that some countries have more cases of the virus than the rest of the countries. The other, calling for not to travel outside the Sultanate at the present time and the need to adhere to the precautionary measures, which would help reduce the rate of injuries in the Sultanate.

He stressed that all travelers coming to the Sultanate are subject to examination before and after arrival, and they are also followed up during the institutional or domestic isolation period.

And he indicated that during the last period, it was noticed that some travelers coming from outside the Sultanate do not adhere to the procedures stipulated by the decisions of the Supreme Committee, such as adherence to health or institutional isolation according to the category, stressing the importance of adherence to isolation and the health procedures followed to ensure that infection does not spread among the community.

Al-Harthi added that obtaining data on the disease varies between countries, which is a problem faced by the World Health Organization and also countries through which cases can be known in these countries, especially with the emergence of new strains of the disease and the presence of genetic mutations of the virus that led to its rapid spread, and it is based on the extent of transparency. And the credibility of states in sending numbers and statistics.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced that the total number of HIV infections in the Sultanate amounted to 139,362 cases, 1,552 deaths, and 130,653 people recovering.

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