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Muscat: The animal owners have to bear a fine of up to RO 100 if their animals are found stray, grazing in cities and residential villages or less than one kilometre from public roads, or half a...

Muscat: With the Sultanate gearing up for the implementation of the Supreme Committee's decisions on lockdown that is to start from Saturday evening, many people have started rushing to shops to take...

Muscat: Almost seven months have passed since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak. All these days some hope of finding a vaccine for the pandemic has become very imminent, especially with the...

Muscat: There are 70 pregnant women hospitalised with COVID-19 infection so far in the Sultanate. Nine among them are in the ICU, according to Dr Moza Abdullah al Suliamani, Director of Gynaecology...

Muscat: The investment value in the Internet of Things (IoT) Devices Factory project amounted to RO 4 million, the Implementation and Follow-up Support Unit Tanfeeth stated. It said the factory aims...

Muscat: Since reporting of the first COVID-19 case in the Sultanate on February 24, some 244,787 tests have been done so far. The Ministry of Health intensified the tests at more than one center, due...

Muscat: The Ministry of Health on Sunday announced nine people died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Six among them are Omanis and three expatriates.  The total death toll in Oman touched 257.  Six...

Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Tuesday the death of six people due to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll in Oman to 224. With this, the death toll in the past four...

Muscat: Private sector facilities found lax on COVID-19 precautions will have to pay fine up to RO 500, and may be closed depending upon the degree of non-adherence to the pandemic norms. The punitive...

Muscat: The Oman Development Bank (ODB) on Sunday started receiving applications from those who wish to benefit from the interest-free emergency loan programme approved by the Royal Directives of His...

Muscat: Fines up to RO500, including the closure of the facility, will be imposed on the private sector companies from July 5, for not implementing Covid-19 preventive measures. According to the...

Muscat: Living with the COVID- 19 is one of the most discussed hot topics of the contemporary world. No one knows how much time it will take for the pandemic to subside. At the same time, time is...

Muscat: The Public Authority for Social Insurance (PASI) has decided to address the conditions of insured persons subject to the unified pension scheme coverage. Among the issues that need to be...

As the number of vehicles on the Sultanate’sroads is increasing, the demand for lubricant oils to maintain vehicles engines also increase automatically. According to ‘Lynx’, the monthly...

Muscat: As the number of vehicles on the Sultanate’s roads is increasing, the demand for lubricant oils to maintain vehicles engines also increase automatically. According to ‘Lynx’, the monthly...

Muscat: Shaikh Mohammed bin Said al Kalbani, Minister of Social Development, praised the Directives of His Majesty the Sultan regarding providing health care to all citizens and residents without...

Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Monday announced 1,605 new cases of Covid-19 in the Sultanate, 684 among them are Omanis, and 921 residents. Today’s spike brought the total number of...

Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Sunday announced 905 new positive cases of Covid-19 in the Sultanate, including 402 Omanis and 503 residents, which brought the total number of positive cases...

MUSCAT: The Omani Environmental Services Holding Company (be'ah) has signed three agreements to recycle the lead-acid batteries at the accredited treatment centre in the Sultanate with the best...

Muscat: Dr Ahmed al Saidi, Minister of Health, has passed a resolution on the regulation of ‘Patient resuscitation controls’. The regulation deals with the CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)...