MUSCAT: With the Supreme Committee imposing a complete closure of commercial activities throughout the day from May 8 to 15, the Government Communication Centre (GC) has issued a list of activities that are exempted from the ban.
Following are the list of commercial activities excluded from the ban:
- Central markets for the sale of vegetables, fruits and fish with a capacity of 50 percent.
- Hypermarkets with only 30% capacity.
- Central slaughterhouses with a capacity of 50 percent.
- Fuel stations, including tyre and vehicle repair inside the stations, and express shopping stores, with a maximum of 3 customers at one time.
- Fishing boats repair workshops and selling fishing accessories.
- Health institutions, including veterinary centers, pharmacies and optical shops.
- Food stores, grocery shops, bakery, Omani sweets shops, ice cream shops, juice shops, meat shops, honey and herbs shops, date shops, spices shops and water shops.
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Following commercial activities can operate without receiving visitors:
- Construction and contracting companies
- Transportation and storage companies
- Insurance companies
- Consulting companies of all kinds
- Law firms
- Auditing and accounting offices
- Translation offices
- Sanad centers
- Shipping and customs clearance offices
- Postal companies
