MUSCAT: From October 1, two-dose vaccination will be compulsory for all citizens and residents, Dr. Saif Salim Al Abri, Director General of Disease Surveillance and Control Department at the Ministry of Health said.
Starting from September 1, government institutions will work at 100% capacity. Vaccination is a must for all public workers, Al Abri said.
Meanwhile, the Sultanate booked a total of 8,597,740 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, of which 3,536,171 have so far been administered.
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His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Al Saidi spoke about an approach to expand campaigns targeting the vaccination of residents through their companies’ commitment to immunization plan.
The Health Minister said that the Sultanate seeks to obtain 500,000 doses of Sinovac to administer expat workers. Al Abri informed that expat workers must vaccinated in order to renew their residency status.
“While at least one dose is compulsory for all until end of September, all of us have to take two doses by October,” Al Saidi said during the Supreme Committee press conference.
