MUSCAT (Dispatches) – Oman will not
allow employees in the public or private sectors to enter their workplace without a vaccination certificate that proves they are fully vaccinated, the health minister said in a news conference on Monday.
Egypt also announced that all adults must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their right to public services, such as healthcare and education.
Egypt’s Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said the ruling applied to all citizens aged over 18.
The country earlier barred government employees from entering their workplaces unless they had received at least one jab.
The Supreme Council of Universities confirmed that students will be prohibited from entering campus to take their exams unless they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Those who are exempt from vaccination on medical grounds must provide a negative PCR test every three days, a council spokesman said.
Meanwhile, the tally of the COVID omicron variant in the Palestinian territories has surged to 35, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Monday, reports Anadolu Agency.
In a statement, ministry spokesman Kamal al-Shakhra said one case of the virus was detected in the Gaza Strip.
He said the majority of those who tested positive for the virus had come from outside the Palestinian territories.
Palestinian health authorities reported the first three cases of the new variant on December 23.
The World Health Organisation has warned that the omicron variant was spreading significantly faster than the delta strain.