Ban on international and local events

Muscat: The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday held a meeting under the chairmanship of Sayyid Hamoud Faisal Al Busaidi, Minister of Interior, to study updates on the pandemic and measures to curb the spread of the virus and address its impacts.

The meeting deliberated on the serious developments of the pandemic that emerged in many countries around the world due to risks posed by the new variants of COVID-19 causing a sharp rise in infection and death cases and putting huge pressure on health systems.  

In a statement issued after the meeting, the committee took note of the precautionary measures undertaken globally to deal with the virus’s developments, prompting countries to take decisions to impose lockdowns, suspend economic activities, prohibit travel among countries and ban movement within their own boundaries.

On the local front, the committee also noted the marked increase in the number of infections and the growing number of patients admitted to intensive care units and hospital wards due to non-abidance to precautionary measures endorsed by the authorities concerned.