MOVE INTENDED TO CURB COMMUNITY SPREAD OF VIRUS
Oman is celebrating Eid al Adha on Tuesday in the midst of a four-day total lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.
All commercial establishments, offices and other workplaces which are not mentioned in the ‘list of exempted activities’ will remain closed and no commercial activity shall be carried out during this period.
No mass Eid prayers at mosques or places where people gather is not allowed and will attract punitive actions, according to the Royal Oman Police (ROP).
The four-day lockdown, which ends on Saturday morning, is intended to put a complete halt to movement of people and gatherings which are found to be a major reason behind community spread.
However, the Supreme Committee has exempted certain sectors, jobs and services from the total lockdown.
All hospitals and clinics that provide emergency services and treatment, pharmacies and staff, emergency services vehicles (electricity, water, communications), Sewage, gas cylinders, water tankers, employees at gas stations, employees of the press, media, workers in the relief and shelter sector, banks, shift workers in specialised insurance, freight and customs clearance offices, shipping, postal and logistics sectors, buses which transport workers of the factories that are allowed to operate as per regulations, tyre and vehicle repair shops at fuel stations, pumps’ sale and repair shops, electrical materials and dress (only online, without opening the shop), vehicles to transport bakery products and food delivery and laundry services.