A meeting will be held on Thursday involving officials from the Ministry of Health and the Civil Aviation Administration to discuss the most important new mechanisms and solutions to confront and control rising coronavirus cases among travellers, including a decision to close the airport, Al Qabas daily reported, quoting Government sources.
The health authorities in the country have raised the alert level over increasing cases of travellers arriving in the country with negative PCR certificates, but test results at the airport show they are infected with the Coronavirus. They present the certificates to show they have tested negative for the coronavirus in accredited laboratories from the departing countries, which act as confirmation they are free of infections.
The sources said that the meeting will address the issue of expediting the procedures for preparing testing sites for arrivals coming to the country from abroad, which have been agreed upon by airlines.
The sources stressed to the daily that the situation is alarming, which calls for tightening regulations and ensuring adherence to the health requirements, in particular, warning that the continuation of weddings, events, and gatherings will cause an increase in infections and the spread of the epidemic.
The sources warned that infections are increasing, with every minute, and the matter calls for citizens to take due consideration after the law to fine anyone caught not wearing a mask was canned.
The sources did not rule out the country returning to the establishment of strict health requirements in the event that citizens continue to non-comply with health protocols.