Night movement ban: Who are exempted?

Muscat: Starting from today, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) will enforce a complete evening lockdown and prevent movement of people during the fixed hours.

A statement issued online by ROP said: "The Royal Oman Police begins this evening to implement the movement ban and will close all public places and shops from 8 pm until 5 am the next morning till Saturday 24 October 2020."

In order to ensure that basic services and emergency requirements are not affected during this period, the Royal Oman Police will allow the passage of emergency vehicles (electricity, water, and communications), cleaning and sanitation vehicles, ambulance and civil defense vehicles, food and consumer goods transport vehicles, fish transport vehicles, oil and gas tankers in addition to container transport trucks for import and export purposes to and from the Sultanate through official ports and outlets, provided that only the truck driver is present.

Vehicles of medical staff and workers at the field hospital at the old Muscat airport, as well as passengers arriving and departing from the official outlets, will be allowed to pass through, on condition of presenting a travel ticket, in addition to patients heading to hospitals and health centers upon notification from the hospital.

The Royal Oman Police confirms its readiness to deal with all events, including the deployment of security and traffic patrols and monitoring of public places with the support of police aviation, as well as the use of remote-controlled aircraft to monitor the public and arrest violators. The ROP also asked shops and owners of institutions to allow employees to leave office with sufficient time to reach their homes before the ban is enforced.

"Report violators of the decisions of the Supreme Committee by calling the Police Operations phone center 9999."