Muscat: The Ministry of Manpower, today, urged companies and establishments of the private sector to ask their employees to go for the screening of coronavirus at approved health establishments in case symptoms show on any employee or if the respective firms/establishments suspect any employees caught the infection.
In a decision circulated to the private sector earlier in the day, the Ministry stressed the need to conduct diagnosis and exhorted the firms, establishments and employees not to hide infection, to serve the public interest and curb the spread of the disease.
The Ministry reaffirmed that the departments concerned will take legal action against all those who violate the decision, issued as part of measures to combat Covid-19, prevent its spread and enhance precautionary procedures aimed to protect citizens and residents in Oman.