29 February 2020 – Government encourages healthy habits around coughing and sneezing, encourages people to ignore rumours

Type of Intervention: Guidance
Sectors Involved: Health
Level of Jurisdiction: Ministry of Health
Lead People/Agency: Ministry of Health

Overview: The Ministry calls upon all to practice proper healthy habits when sneezing or coughing, in addition to maintaining hand wash with water and soap or the hand sanitizer.

MOH also urges all to not to pay attention to rumours and to take the information from its relaiable source.

Full details here: https://www.moh.gov.om/en/-/–1233

Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group
Source of Evidence or Justification: World Health Organisation, National – government
Evidence/Justification: Infectious control committee at Ministry of health