Night lockdown imposed to curb people’s movement from 9pm to 5am as part of measure to contain the coronavirus spread will end at 5am on (Saturday, Aug 15).

The Supreme Committee entrusted with handling the developments resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic announced its decision to lift the lock down and night movement restriction that fetched positive results, on Friday.

However, both citizens and expatriates have been urged to follow the precautions against the COVID-19 as instructed by the Supreme Committee and  failing of which would attract legal actions.

These precautions include social distancing, wearing face masks, commercial outlets limiting the number of customers, temperature checking in addition to the personal hygiene measures such as washing hands with soap, using approved sanitisers and refraining from social gatherings.Oman Observer