Sunday 05 / May / 2024
Muscat: The GCC Undersecretaries of Health Ministries held recently their 14th virtual meeting to discuss the latest developments related to Covid-19.
The Ministry of Health (MOH), in a statement said: "Dr. Amal Al Maani, MOH’s Acting Director General of Diseases Control & Surveillance and Director of Infection Prevention & Control chaired the meeting on behalf of H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Saif Al-Hosni, MOH’s Undersecretary for Health Affairs, with the attendance of a number of MOH’s senior officials."
"The meeting addressed the latest updates of the mutant coronavirus in the GCC countries and actions taken regarding supplying and administering Covid-19 vaccines to the target groups in the GCC countries as well the coverage rate for each country. It further reviewed challenges that face most GCC countries among which is the provision of the adequate doses of the vaccine to realise the specified coverage rate in each country while the manufactured companies failed to deliver the vaccine as scheduled."
"Proposals on developing a mechanism for unified travel procedures among GCC countries were addressed. In addition, the meeting identified unified immunisation standards and reviewed entry procedures at border-crossing points. It also touched upon mechanisms taken and procedures implemented by the GCC countries regarding quarantine and PCR test."
MOH pointed out that: "The meeting reviewed the number of cases infected by the new strain of the virus and the preventive measures that have been taken by each GCC country. Their Excellencies GCC Health Undersecretaries commended the significant efforts of health workers as well their tangible contribution in mitigating the spread of the virus."
"The Undersecretaries urge all GCC citizens and residents to adhere fully to the preventive measures such as wearing masks, avoiding gatherings, maintaining physical distance and hand hygiene. They further stressed the importance of taking the information from reliable sources and not to pay attention to rumors and unofficial social media platforms," the MoH added.
