Health sector in Oman has become ‘exhausted’, says Health Minister

Health sector in Oman has become ‘exhausted’, says Health Minister

Despite the health sector in the Sultanate is getting drained due to the current wave of COVID-19 infections, extensive efforts have been undertaken, said Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Al Saidi, Minister of Health. -ONA Muscat: The health sector in the Sultanate is getting drained due to the current wave of COVID-19 infections which "is considered the worst since the outbreak of the pandemic, said Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Al Saidi, Minister of Health (member of the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus). Yet, extensive efforts have been undertaken within the health sector, with the working teams operating for 18 months, non-stop, on a daily basis, the minister added. Dr. Ahmed valued the enduring support of His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik to the health sector and His Majesty's directives to the COVID-19 Supreme Committee. The minister made the statement during the 24th press conference of the Supreme Committee, held on Thursday at the premises of the Ministry of Education. Most mortality cases due to COVID-19 in April were deaths with the segment of 60-year-old people who refused to take the vaccine, said Dr. Ahmed, who stressed that perpetrators of rumours against the vaccine will be punished by law. The