Thursday 25 / April / 2024
Muscat: People who have been in contact with patients infected with COVID-19 are required to quarantine at home for 14 days, if they are unvaccinated, irrespective of whether or not they show symptoms.
Advice provided by the Ministry of Health also called for people who have contracted COVID-19 to self-isolate at home for 10 days.
“Dear citizens and residents, if you have been diagnosed with COVID-19, you must adhere to home quarantine for 10 days,” said the ministry advisory.
“As for people who have been in contact with the patient, are vaccinated, and have not shown symptoms, they can continue life as normal.
“However, individuals who do show symptoms must perform the examination to confirm the presence of infection, and then adhere to quarantine for 10 days if they test positive,” added the Ministry of Health.
Recent surveys in Oman show that 99 percent of COVID infections reported in the country pertain to the Omicron variant.
The country has reported a total of 324,085 COVID-19 infections, since the start of the pandemic. 306,404 people who caught the disease have recovered, leading to a recovery rate of 94.5 percent, but sadly, 4,129 people have died from the virus.
On Monday, 24 January, Oman reported 1,647 more infections and 729 recoveries. One more person also died from the disease.
The Ministry of Health reported that as of Monday, there were 194 patients in healthcare facilities, 66 of them having been admitted in the last 24 hours. 22 patients were in intensive care.
“With our commitment to wearing masks and maintaining social and physical distancing, we will prevent ourselves, our families, and our community from the spread of the coronavirus,” said the ministry as part of its daily COVID update.
