The Ministry of Manpower today called upon private sector employers and firms to urge their expatriate employees to stay at home after duty hours and during their holidays and weekly offs.

The Ministry asked the employers and firms to tell their employees not to go out to public places or shopping except in cases of extreme necessity.

The workers have to be told to do so in all languages, including English, Chinese, Hindi, Nepali, Filipino and Urdu, said the Ministry in its plea.

The Ministry stressed the need to stop all labour gatherings, of whatever form, warning that legal action will be taken against offenders who violate the instructions.

Steps are under way to disseminate these instructions in different languages to reach out to all expatriate manpower in the Sultanate.

This comes in implementation of directives issued by the departments concerned, which called for applying utmost precautionary measures to contain the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19), prevent its propagation and enhance preventive procedures aimed at providing protection for citizens and residents.

The Ministry of Manpower called for private sector employees’ commitment to home quarantine formalities. The Ministry urged private sector employers not to ask their employees to go to work during the period of home quarantine, warning that it will take legal action against all those who violate the directives of the departments tasked with taking measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. ONA