Over 3,500 sick of Covid in Oman, 1k in hospitals
Published: 11:06 AM,Jun 09,2021 | EDITED : 03:06 PM,Jun 09,2021
Raising a fresh alarm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday reported 1,931 new cases of Covid-19 and 14 deaths
With 128 new people getting admitted to hospitals across the country, the number of inpatients went up to 1,021, including 329 in intensive care units.
With the recovery dropping to 90.5%, the number of patients currently sick went up by 3,547 to 21,735 from 18, 188 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the vaccination campaign continued through the country even as the MOH pointed out about challenges in the vaccination programme as some people are reluctant to take doses due to misinformation.
Badr bin Saif al Rawahi, Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases Control at the Ministry of Health, said that taking vaccinations will become a condition for entering educational and government institutions in the future.
He added that it would complete immunizing 30 percent of the population before July at the current pace of vaccine supply.
The ministry has announced that the target groups as part of the national campaign for immunization against Covid-19 for June and July would represent a large segment of the population.
The first stage, which started on May 26, included the General Education Diploma students and the supervising teams.
The same stage will include full immunization of the population of Musandam Governorate with the second dose, the second dose for those who have completed
10 weeks from the date of the first, basic service providers working in the Royal Oman Police, the Sultan’s Armed Forces, and the security services, basic service providers in the government sector, complete immunization of health workers in private health institutions.
Vaccines will be made available at all private health institutions during this period.
The second stage (from June 21) will cover all adults 45 years and above. The third stage (first half of July) will be for the immunization of higher education students, workers in the education sector, and academics in the higher education sector.