Friday 11 / October / 2024
Muscat: Companies are allowed to reserve quantities of the Covid-19 vaccine for their employees at amount of OMR 20.
Speaking exclusively to Times of Oman, an official from the Capital Market Authority (CMA) confirmed: "The decision includes all companies in the private sector."
The Authority on Monday 5th April 2021, had issued a circular in a letter addressed to CEOs and Directors General of companies and insurance brokers stating, “As extension of the initiatives of companies operating in the insurance sector to enhance the societal efforts made to deal with coronavirus and the effects resulting from it, we would like to inform you that we have received a letter from the Ministry of Health to address the companies operating in the sector if they wish to reserve quantities of vaccine for their employees.”
The circular added, ”However, the companies will have to bear the cost of the vaccine, the amount of 20 OMR per person including all fees for the Pfizer vaccine." The vaccine requires two doses per person.
The circular added, “We hope that the companies that want to benefit from this program will email their data with the number of targeted employees to the Directorate General of Medical Supplies's official email address - [email protected] .”
