Muscat, October 4 (ONA) - The Ministry of Health signed an agreement with Oman Airports and the International Supplies Company to provide a PCR laboratory examination service at border (air, land and sea) crossings for arrivals to the Sultanate.

The agreement was signed on behalf of the Ministry of Health by Dr. Fatima bint Muhammad Al-Ajmi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Administrative, Financial and Planning Affairs, on behalf of Oman Airports Sheikh Yemen bin Ahmed Al Hosani, CEO, and on behalf of the International Supplies Company, Abdul Raziq bin Ali Al-Sabbagh, CEO of the company, and in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Muhammad bin Nasser Al Zaabi, CEO of the Civil Aviation Authority, and a number of officials.

It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Health has worked in cooperation with the Civil Aviation Authority, the Royal Oman Police, Oman Airports Company and local airlines since the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic to restore civil aviation, through preparedness and taking preventive and precautionary measures and procedures at Oman's international and domestic airports and the navigation crew in the aviation sector and aircraft and workers in companies operating airport services.

The work team conducted several exercises, simulations, and assessed the extent of airport readiness to receive travellers and those coming to the Sultanate from all international and domestic airports to determine their readiness to work within the framework of implementing the decisions of the Supreme Committee in charge of examining the mechanism of dealing with developments resulting from the spread of the Coronavirus and the decision to allow the return of those who hold valid residency permit to the Sultanate starting from the first of October, provided that he undergoes a laboratory examination upon return and adheres to a 14-day quarantine.

(ONA)