GCC Healthy Cities Committee meets

Muscat: The Healthy Cities Committee of the GCC States convened today (Thursday) a video conference meeting in the presence of Dr. Huda bint Khalfan Al-Siyabiah, Director of Health Community Initiatives in the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The meeting touched upon the role and efforts of the healthy cities in the GCC states in tackling the COVID-19 outbreak and reviewed their experiences in this regard.
The efforts of the ministries of health in the GCC states exerting to curb the COVID-19 outbreak have been highlighted during the meeting.
On this matter, Dr. Huda Al-Siyabiah provided a presentation on promoting the community role in reducing the coronavirus in the Sultanate.
During the meeting, it has been reviewed the community role in supporting the government to tackle this virus, developed an emergency plan to communicate remotely between the members of the main committee, established a particular mechanism for the sub-committees in the healthy city to support the sectors responsible for tackling the pandemic, as well as strengthening the standards related to preventing the spread of epidemics and communicable diseases.
The meeting also highlighted the role of the volunteers in the community work along with the role of the healthy city in community mobilization for the national emergency plans.