MUSCAT: Ministry of Health has conducted 25 million tests for COVID-19 in the Sultanate since the beginning of the pandemic, a top official has confirmed.
Dr. Saif Salim Al Abri, Director-General of Disease Surveillance and Control Department at MOH said the country is witnessing a significant drop in new infections. “We have so far conducted 25 million tests of Covid-19. No infected case required admission to the Intensive Care Unit yesterday. The severity has reduced and we are seeing a significant drop in new infections,” Al Abri informed.
According to Al Abri, 75% of target groups received the first dose of vaccination while 42% of them took two doses. “The campaign is aggressively going and we will very soon see 50% of target groups fully vaccinated,” he added.
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