The Sultanate has made a remarkable recovery from the raging Covid-19 pandemic after a successful vaccination drive, with only 348 cases reported in three days. Only 13 people were admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of inpatients to 138, including 60 in intensive care units.

Individuals and establishments in the country are preparing to return to normalcy from September 1 with mandatory vaccination for entry into government and private establishments and lifting of travel ban.

At the current rate, the country would have vaccinated nearly 70 per cent of the population with two doses in October. Nearly 3.4 to 3.8 million doses have

been administered in the country till date.

Heads of government and private units will be responsible for necessary measures to implement these decisions, a statement from the Supreme Committee said.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning and Muscat Electricity Distribution Company (MEDC) have already issued notifications that visitors to their offices will have to present vaccination certificates through Tarassud application.

“We will follow the Supreme Committee’s guidelines to allow entry only to vaccinated visitors from September 1. We have formed a dedicated team for this purpose who will be placed at all entry points of our outlets’’, said a senior executive of a hypermarket group.

While the Ministry of Health has expanded the vaccination campaign, it expects “Every citizen to receive the second dose by mid-September, following which it will start implementing the measures issued by the Supreme Committee.”