Vincent Francis, Printer Almost a year ago, Mother Nature gave us a shock treatment, from which we are yet to recover. Maybe ‘she’ felt it necessary to give us this shock treatment but my God, what a major blow this pandemic has been!What to do?The world turned...
By Tawfiq Ali Salmeen Al Lawati Hasten to take cover with the Covid maskTo perform the major daily task. It surely befriends everyone around Short time back it couldn’t be found. There is so much to its positive sideMany in the beginning used to chide. It plays its...
MUSCAT (ONA) – The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic held a meeting today under the chairmanship of Sayyid Hamoud Faisal al-Busaidi, Minister of Interior. The meeting was aimed to discuss updates on the pandemic,...
MUSCAT (ONA) --- Dr Ahmed Mohammed al-Sa’eedi, Minister of Health, member of the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, has said that “potential lockdown steps will be the last treatment (of the pandemic...
MUSCAT (ONA) — The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic held a meeting under the chairmanship of Sayyid Hamoud Faisal al-Busaidi, Minister of Interior, to study updates on the pandemic and measures to curb...
MUSCAT (ONA) - The Ministry of Labour held a press conference during which it reviewed its executive plan of action through 2021. The Ministry affirmed that a number of jobs will be unveiled next week and that, this year (2021), it targets the generation of new...
By Mai Al HinaiI remember the first funeral I had attended, unintentionally of course. I was just a seven year old then, but like kids of my age, with an abundance of curiosity. That day was supposed to be a happy one, but life had other plans – it gave us a different...
By Tawfiq Ali Salmeen Al Lawati High upon the yonder mountain top Rises the sun with its gleaming hope Ushering in the long-waited year Taking away last year’s fear. With its bright crimson and flaming rays Ushers in the year with promising days Come hither thou...
By Dr Dilip Abdul KhadarIntroduction Common cold, flu, bronchitis, bronchial asthma turning worse and other respiratory ailments are seen more frequently in colder months. People are indoors more often, allowing viruses to pass more easily from one person to another...
A Black & White feature Is that COVID…is that Coronavirus… No it is flu – just flu -- Influenza! Most of us who are at the wrong end of a cold, fever or throat pain, cough or stomach ailments are suddenly gripped by the fear that this could be the onset of...
Dr Muhammad Awais Nawaz Emergency physician, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH).I know it sounds both like a cliché and an understatement when we say we are living through challenging times. But, I state it here for the record. And let me get straight to the...
Suparna Kudva Nair Homemaker, (OMAN) Then we will feel the pinch of the transition The COVID-19 Coronavirus has come and it is going to stay for some time – that is a given. Nothing that we have done so far has managed to dislodge it from its firm grip on humanity....
