Frightful, deplorable things seen on pandemic front in recent weeks : Minister – Times of Oman

Frightful, deplorable things seen on pandemic front in recent weeks : Minister – Times of Oman

Muscat: Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Saidi, Minister of Health, member of the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has said that the past six weeks in the Sultanate's pandemic scenario witnessed annoying, deplorable and frightful changes.

The current situation is a far cry from our experience during the first months of the pandemic outbreak, when we all managed to limit the number of infection cases due to the cooperation of all people and their adherence to precautionary measure set by the Supreme Committee, the Minister explained.

"It is really sad that our experience suffered a radical setback over the past 6 weeks as a result of the nonchalance of some people, leading to an astonishing surge in new cases of infection, hitting higher than 9,000!“ said the minister, noting that more than 43 deaths occurred just within a span of one week before July 2.

The minister made the statement during the 12th press conference held by the Supreme COVID-19 Control Committee since the outbreak of the pandemic. The press conference also saw the participation of Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Futaisi, Minister of Transport, member of the Supreme Covid-19 Control Committee, Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Mohammed