Night ban on movement begins in Oman

The 12-day night ban on movement came into effect from 8 pm on Sunday with essential services, health and media professionals being exempted from the ban.
The nationwide partial curfew, ordered by the Supreme Committee prevents movement of individuals and vehicles between 8 pm and 5 am.

Over the weekend in 72 hours, as many as 2,249 cases were reported, while 11 people lost their lives to Covid-19, according to the statistics released by the Ministry of Health.

The fresh measures imposed after nearly a month-long night closure of commercial activities, is the latest against the community spread of the coronavirus.

It has been found that the period from April 1 to May 31 is very crucial and critical for the Sultanate in combating the spread of the virus, and the lockdown is part of various measures mooted to avoid serious problems.

The Royal Oman Police (ROP) continues to perform its national duties by activating checkpoints and deploying patrols all across the governorates of the Sultanate to enforce the decision taken by the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling the developments resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic and related to the nighttime closure of commercial activities and ban on individual and vehicle movement between 8 pm and 5 am.

Brig Mohammed bin Nasser al Kindi, Director-General of Operations, has affirmed ROP’s preparedness to carry on with its role in handling emergencies and keeping safety and security across the Sultanate as well as taking maximum preventive measures to stem the spread of coronavirus by deploying traffic and security patrols and monitoring public places with support of the police aviation and monitoring the implementation of health isolation and social distancing.

The director-general of operations said to ensure that the basic services and emergency cases are not affected by the lockdown and movement restriction, ROP will allow the passage of emergency vehicles (electricity, water and telecommunications), cleaning and sanitary drainage vehicles, ambulances and all types of trucks weighing 3 tonnes or more.