Oman has announced on Tuesday the registration of 98 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the sultanate to 10905 , including eight deaths.
In a statement, the Omani Ministry of Health (MoH) revealed that the new cases include 19 Omanis and 59 others of different nationalities.
The ministry also added that fully- recovered COVID-19 patients in the country has reached 238.
تعلن #وزارة_الصحة عن تسجيل (98) ثمان وتسعين حالة إصابة جديدة بمرض فيروس كورونا (#كوفيد_١٩)، منها تسع وثلاثون (39) حالة لعمانيين، وتسع وخمسون (59) حالة لغير عمانيين وبذلك يصبح العدد الكلّي للحالات المسجلة في السلطنة (1508) ألفاً وخمسمائة وثمان حالات وعدد الوفيات ثمانٍ (8) pic.twitter.com/0ZKMSneTo9
— وزارة الصحة – عُمان (@OmaniMOH) April 21, 2020
It also decided to reduce the number of employees in public offices to 30 percent in order to ensure the smoothness of workflow and perform vital duties. The remaining 70 percent are working from home as decided by their employers.
Several Arab countries have tightened restrictions on movement and travel, with the aim of curbing the spread of the Coronavirus, and some have pledged billions of dollars in economic stimulus programs to reduce the economic repercussions of the crisis.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease COVID-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.
People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.
