Public, private healthcare workers exempted from institutional quarantine

Muscat: Based on the decisions made by the Supreme Committee on July 16, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued the following circular.

With immediate effect, all medical and medical assistance categories (including all healthcare providers working in the public and private health sectors such as doctors and nurses, labs and X-ray technicians, pharmacists, and their family members are exempted from the mandatory institutional quarantine upon arrival to the Sultanate and shall adhere to home quarantine and to wear the electronic tracking bracelet.