Panel hopes not to go for lockdown in Oman amid COVID-19 surge
By: Times News Service
From left: Dr Ahmed Mohammed Al Sa’eedi, Minister of Health, Member of the Supreme Committee, Qais Mohammed Al Yousef, Minister of Commerce, Industry & Investment Promotion and Dr Abdullah Khamis Ambousaidi, Education Under-Secretary.
Muscat: Complete lockdown will be the last resort for the Supreme Committee.
“Potential lockdown steps will be the last treatment of the pandemic situation and that the panel hopes not to go that far,” said Dr Ahmed Mohammed Al Sa’eedi, Minister of Health, member of the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from COVID-19 pandemic.