People urged to follow COVID prevention measures in Oman, other GCC countries

Muscat: Adhere to preventive measures such as wearing masks and avoiding gatherings during Eid Al Adha, all citizens and residents of the GCC have been urged.

The appeal was made by the GCC Health Undersecretaries who yesterday discussed the latest developments of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in the Gulf.

During the 18th virtual meeting, a standard definition for infected persons and deaths related to COVID-19 in the GCC countries was agreed upon, as well as unifying the test procedures of gene sequencing for the different variants of the virus.

Furthermore, the meeting set a standardised classification of high-risk countries and adopted the standards of the WHO.

The meeting reviewed a number of related issues including the latest developments of immunisation in the GCC countries, Gulf Unified Treatment Manual and the COVID-19 Gulf Unified Manual.

The virtual meeting was attended by Dr. Mohammed Saif Al Hosni, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Health Affairs.