The Medical Response and Public Health Sector and the Relief and Sheltering Sector clarified news circulating on social media sites regarding the transfer of a number of people infected with Coronavirus from the Wilayat of Jaalan Bani Bu Ali to...

Oman announced that it will cut its oil output by 200,000 barrels per day after Opec producers and allies agreed a record oil deal to slash global output by about 10 per cent. The fuel demand in the local market...

Omar bin Faisal al Jahdhami, Deputy Chairman of the Public Authority for Consumer Authority (PACP) said that, since the onset of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, PACP has been keeping an eye on shops, commercial centres and other consumer service outlets in...

The Research Council (TRC) will continue to receive applications for participation in the 7th version of the National Research Award for 2020, until Wednesday, 29 April 2020.   The award aims to motivate researchers to conduct research of high quality and...

    The Directorate General of Muscat Municipality in Seeb closed 180 shops, including workshops, and charged 200 individuals for not complying with decisions issued by the Supreme Committee on Covid 19. Khalid bin Mohammed al Farsi, director of the...

    In view of the prevailing situations due to Covid-19 and the decisions taken by the Supreme Committee to suspend study at all educational institutions, the Ministry of Manpower has taken a number of alternative measures at technical colleges....

    Oman Air said it has revised the flight reservation policy to allow rebookings for travel up to 18 months from the date the ticket was originally issued.  The new conditions are: Travel dates may be changed up to two...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced today the registration of (128) new positive cases with Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Sultanate.    This brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Sultanate to (727) in addition to four death cases....

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) has reported that several shops in the Muscat Governorate have been booked for non-compliance with the health requirements and guidelines laid out by the ministry. MOCI appealed to the commercial centers and shops...

The public transport company, Mwasalat, said that its buses and ferries services have been playing an active role in the national efforts to limit the spread of Covid-19. Mwasalat buses were used to transfer over 2,500 scholarship students and citizens...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the policies and precautions of the Sultanate of Oman respond well to coronavirus (Covid-19) developments and the current slump in global oil prices.      In its report about reactions of 193 countries...

Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Abri, CEO of Marafi, announced the arrival of the first shipment of food to A’Suwaiq Port coming from the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas.He pointed out that this direct route was launched by the company with...

Suleiman bin Mohammed al-Salmi, Director-General of Livestock at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, said that, according to existing contracts, the Sultanate’s ports will receive more numbers of livestock ranging between 32,000 and 37,000 heads.     In a statement to...

As many as 740 Omanis constituting the last batch of those wishing to be repatriated from other countries in view of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic outbreak—returned to the Sultanate over the past two days, bringing to 3,746 the number of...

    His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has exchanged phone calls with President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and Prince Charles of Wales.  In the telephonic conversations,...