School health committee meets in Dhofar

  • Date: 14-Nov-2020
  • Source: Times of Oman
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Oman
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School health committee meets in Dhofar

Muscat: A meeting of the Joint Committee of School Health for the academic year 2020/2021 was held at the General Directorate of Health Services of Dhofar Governorate. A statement said, "At the beginning of the meeting, Dr. Khalid bin Muhammad Al-Mashaikhi, Director General of the General Directorate of Health Services in Dhofar, stressed on the importance of obtaining news only from reliable sources. He then pointed to the high rate of recovery among Covid-19 patients in September, compared to previous months and said that awareness campaigns must continue."Dr. Tufool  bint Suhail Qatan, Assistant General Director for Administrative and Financial Affairs, spoke of the mechanism used for classifying schools in the governorate based on population density and added that the integrated education system ensured a balance between direct attendance and distance