Rise in number of patients in hospital wards and ICUs signs of an impending danger: Minister
By: ONA
The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus held a media briefing on Monday.
Muscat: The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic held a media briefing at the Diplomatic Club on Monday where editors from Oman News Agency (ONA), Oman TV and other mass media received updates.
Dr. Abdullah Nasser Al Harrasi, Minister of Information, member of the Supreme Committee, said that His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik formed the COVID-19 Supreme Committee at an early stage of coronavirus’s outbreak at a global level. He noted that the Supreme Committee took prompt action to safeguard public health, namely by issuing decisions aimed to curb the spread of the virus and keep it in minimum levels in Oman.
Second phase of COVID-19 vaccination begins in Oman
By: ONA
After receiving the second dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 at Bausher Polyclinic, Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Al Sa’eedi, Minister of Health, reaffirmed that no side-effects were reported among recipients of the first dose, noting that the number of doses stood at 38,900. Photo: ONA
Muscat: The Ministry of Health yesterday began administering the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The second dose is being given to the target segments that received the first dose of the Pfizer-bionNTech vaccine over the past few weeks in different parts of the Sultanate.
After receiving the second dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 at Bausher Polyclinic, Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Al Sa’eedi, Minister of Health, reaffirmed that no side-effects were reported among recipients of the first dose, noting that the number of doses stood at 38,900.