The Supreme Committee charged with examining a mechanism for dealing with developments resulting from the spread of the Corona virus (Covid 19) in the Sultanate of Oman issued some of the following decisions that take effect immediately, as stated by the Oman News Agency through its official account on the social networking site “Twitter”.
First: Allowing the reopening of mosques and mosques with a capacity of not less than one hundred worshipers for the five daily prayers only (while not holding Friday prayers), according to the controls previously announced by the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs in coordination with the Ministry of Health.
Second: Termination of the decision to ban all commercial activities in all governorates of the Sultanate from eight in the evening until four in the morning, and the continuation of the decision to reduce entry to complexes, shops, restaurants and cafes to no more than 50% of their capacity, while allowing children under the age of twelve to enter them. .
Third: Allowing the opening of the activities of exhibitions, wedding halls and other collective commercial activities, provided that the attendance rate does not exceed 30% of its capacity and does not exceed 300 people in all cases for halls with a large capacity, while adhering to all preventive measures and requirements.
Fourth: Allow Omanis and residents of the Sultanate of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf working in neighboring countries to travel daily across the land borders to perform their work, with the need to present proof of their work from the employer.
Fifth: Allowing visitors to beaches, parks and public parks, with an emphasis on preventing gatherings of any kind in them, and adhering to all preventive measures and requirements.
Sixth: Allowing the practice of group sports activities in open spaces, while adhering to all preventive measures and requirements.
Seventh: Allowing gyms to open at a rate of (50%) of their capacity, while adhering to all preventive measures and requirements.
Eighth: Allowing visitors to go to swimming pools, gyms and their facilities in hotel establishments for guests and holders of club memberships affiliated with those facilities only, while adhering to all preventive measures and requirements.
The Supreme Committee also decided to extend the suspension of entry to the Sultanate until further notice for those coming from the Republic of Sudan, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Federal Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Sierra Leone, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, the Republic of India, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Bangladesh, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of the Philippines, in addition to those coming from these Countries coming from each of the Kingdom of Thailand, the Federal Kingdom of Malaysia and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and those coming from any other country if they have passed through any of these countries during the 14 days preceding the request to enter the Sultanate, provided that this decision shall take effect starting from two o’clock in the evening on Saturday 5 June 2021 AD, until further notice, and the Supreme Committee urges the citizens of the Sultanate not to visit the mentioned countries during this period.
The Supreme Committee stressed that the decisions related to commercial activities in the above aim primarily to mitigate the impact of this pandemic on the private sector, and to stimulate its various activities in a manner that does not conflict with the commitment to the controls established to protect individuals and society from Corona disease (Covid 19), and the Supreme Committee calls on those in The various economic activities are required to impose everyone’s commitment to the approved precautionary controls, and the follow-up to adherence to these controls will be intensified by the competent authorities and the punishment of those who violate them. movement if the situation so requires; To protect the public health of society from the dangers of this epidemic
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