“It’s time to name and shame,” says Oman’s Minister of Health on repeat COVID-19 violators

Merge 104.8  |  02 July 2020

“It is time to name and shame people who repeatedly violate COVID-19 preventive rules,” Oman’s Minister of Health, H.E. Dr. Ahmed Al Saedi, said at the 12th Supreme Committee for COVID-19 press conference held today [Thursday, July 2].

Cover photo credit: Ministry of Health

During the briefing, the Minister said that people who have violated Supreme Committee directives on COVID-19 multiple times must have their names announced to the public.

H.E. Dr. Al Saeedi also stated that he sees it in the context of a crime of homicide if someone who has symptoms of COVID-19 mixes knowingly with other people.

Calling on people in Oman to be more “responsible and humane”, the Minister of Health warned the public that ,“no house is protected from COVID-19.”

(Also read: COVID-19 Live: No plans yet to re-open airports, land borders in Oman, says Minister.)