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Merge 104.8 | 25 June 2020
Speaking today [Thursday, June 25] at the 11th press conference of the Supreme Committee for COVID-19, Oman’s Minister of Transport, H.E. Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Futaisi noted the following points:
— 85 per cent of all businesses are now open again in Oman, with 100 per cent of all industrial businesses and factories.
— In order to avoid closing businesses again in future, Oman’s Supreme Committee is studying the possibility of implementing stricter fines and regulations on those who violate precautionary health measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.
Oman’s Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmed Al Saeedi also stated the following:
— Currently there are no plans to re-open mosques in the country any time soon due to the risk for transmission of the virus at gatherings.
— Total donations to the special fund set up by the Ministry of Health to combat COVID-19 in the country have reached a total of OMR 31.5 million thus far, with an estimated OMR 26 million spent.
Also present at today’s Supreme Committee media briefing was Dr. Huda Abdulla Al Khalili, Consultant and Critical Care Unit Focal Point, COVID ICU, who stated that:
— 10 coronavirus patients have been treated with immune plasma in the last couple of weeks at SQU Hospital, though it is still to early to judge the results and outcomes of the treatment on these patients just yet.
— At the Royal Hospital, most COVID-19 patients who received immune plasma treatments were in the ICU. Of the total number of coronavirus ICU patients in Oman, 150 of them have been admitted to Royal Hospital.
— The majority of these patients are young adults who were not suffering from any chronic underlying health conditions.
(Also read: COVID-19 Live; 1,366 new cases registered in Oman, total now 34,902.)
