Awareness lecture on coronavirus held in Oman

Muscat: The Ministry of Information, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, represented by the Directorate General of Diseases Surveillance and Control, organised a health awareness lecture on the procedures followed to address Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Sultanate.
Dr Abdel Munim bin Mansour Al Hasani, Minister of Information, said in a speech that there is cooperation between the Ministry of Information and the Ministry of Health through the various media outlets about providing accurate and professional information without exaggeration or intimidation and with a lot of clarity to spread awareness-raising measures to address the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) .
Dr Solin bint Mubarak Al Khaliliyah, a doctor at the Directorate General of Diseases Surveillance and Control at the Ministry of Health, made a presentation.
The presentation included many themes, including an introduction to the virus (COVID-19) , methods of virus transmission, its symptoms, age groups most vulnerable to infection, preventive measures that are recommended to be taken to prevent the spread of infection, and the global and local epidemiological situation, as well as efforts to tackle the virus.