MUSCAT: The Supreme Committee members are holding a press conference to discuss the latest developments about the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

Following are the speakers:
1. HE Dr. Ahmed Al Saidi
Minister of Health
2. HE Eng. Said bin Hamoud Al Mawali
Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology
3. HE Dr. Mohammed Al Zaabi
President of Civil Aviation Authority

Highlights from the press conference: 

Minister of Health: 36734 in home isolation and 203 in institutional isolation.
Minister of Health: The recovery rate has decreased from 94% to 91% due to the increase in coronavirus cases.
Minister of Health: Field hospital will be opened in two weeks
Minister of Health: We have reached 190 patients in intensive care unit within one day, and this is a record that we have not seen before.
Minister of Health: We hope that the first batch of the vaccine will reach us before the end of the year. The distribution of the vaccine will start with the medical and security teams and then to the most dangerous groups and those with chronic diseases.
Minister of Health: We have reached 190 patients in intensive care unit within one day, and this is a record that we have not seen before.
Minister of Health: The media should fight malicious and misleading messages and refute them with facts.
Minister of Health: We lost one of our daughters last week. An expat nurse who came from one of the governorates to the governorate of Muscat to help and support. She was just 37-years and fought the virus and died.
Minister of Information: All types of media, radio, newspapers and online, have contributed to spreading scientific knowledge about Coronavirus.
Minister of Health: The return of employees and the opening of commercial activities is one of the factors causing the spread of the virus, but the main factor in the increase in the number of infected cases is due to lack of compliance with precautionary measures and social distancing.
Minister of Information: Avoid gatherings and adhere to measures to protect your family, your children, your elderly parents, and your relatives.
Minister of Health: I call on all government and private agencies to adhere to the decisions and guidelines followed to limit the spread of the virus.
Minister of Transport: The seventh package of commercial activities will be announced soon, at the last meeting we discussed the reopening of 11 activities and it was agreed to open only 3 activities of which only will be announced soon.
President of the Civil Aviation Authority: 3,882 flights transported 680,000 passengers to and from the Sultanate during the Corona period.
Minister of Transport: Those coming to Oman must obtain a mandatory 30-day health insurance.
Dr. Saif Al Abri: Those arriving in Oman must download the Tarassud Plus App and must do PCR tests. These procedures will be applicable to airports, and a specialized team will be present to do the PCR examination to all. And anyone coming through land ports must bring a PCR test and must wear a bracelet.
Minister of Transport: International flights will operate from Muscat international airport only, and will decide later for other airports.
Minister of Health: Institutions must stop taking fingerprint for employees.
Minister of Health: A private institution has tampered with the Covid-19 tests and it was closed down. The government will not tolerate such behaviours.
Minister of Health: 2848 medical staff have been infected with COVID-19.
Minister of Health: The death rate is 1% in the Sultanate of all COVID-19 cases recorded.
Dr. Saif Al Abri: So far, we have not recorded repeated cases of infection for a person. Some institutions require a Covid-19 negative certificate, and this is not possible because the examination may appear positive for a long time even the person have been recovered.
Minister of Transport: Both citizens and foreigners can leave Oman without the need for prior approval from authorities.
Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology: I was in discussion with the Minister of Education, and there are discussions with telecommunications companies in the Sultanate, the possibility of having reduced packages for students and parents.
Minister of Health: Donations to the Corona Fund exceeded OMR 33 million riyals and 29 million has been disbursed.
Minister of Transport & Communications: The government is now working to introduce a third operator so that there are competitive rates.
Minister of Health: Omanis are not allowed to travel without health insurance
Minister of Health: Children arrived in under 15 years old are excluded from quarantine due to the possibility of not being infected.
Civil Aviation Head: In the first months, the number of aircraft decreased to 150, compared to 1,600, a decrease of 85 percent, and now it has reached about 500 aircraft crossing the Sultanate airspace.
Civil Aviation Authority head: The Authority’s revenues decreased by 50 per and losses exceeded OMR 200 million during the pandemic.