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The Ministry of Oil tightens measures to prevent the “corona” Variant

08-01-2022

Sheikh Dr. Nimer Fahad Al-Malik Al-Sabah: High rates of vaccination with the second and stimulating dose within the ministry .. and 100% for service workers • Field visits inside the oil complex building and monitoring incorrect behaviors and taking action on them The Ministry of Oil announced the tightening of health procedures and requirements issued by the Ministry of Health related to combating the emerging corona virus, after the accelerated spread of the new mutant of the corona virus "Omicron", with the aim of preserving the health of workers and improving the health situation in work sites. The Ministry of Oil said in a press statement, that it is a commitment from the ministry to take care of the interests and security of employees in the oil complex building, as health precautions have been tightened to preserve the safety of workers and their families, by committing to wearing protective medical masks for all workers and those present in order to preserve public health and to ensure social distancing and sterilization. Hands while on the move, being at the workplace, and performing work electronically remotely. In this context, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil, Sheikh Nimer Fahad Al-Malik Al-Sabah, stated that the committee to follow up and monitor the implementation of health procedures and requirements issued by the competent authorities related to combating the emerging corona virus in the Ministry of Oil is keen to tighten health procedures and requirements and take the legal procedures followed, according to what was stated in the Secretariat’s circular. General Council of Ministers No. (1/360), Civil Service Bureau Circular No. (16/2021), and Administrative Circular No. (36) for the year 2021, in the event of monitoring wrong practices in violation of health requirements. He pointed out that vaccination rates within the Ministry of Oil reached very high rates for those who received the second and stimulating dose, in addition to completing the vaccination of the second dose for all service workers within the ministry at rates that reached 100 percent. Sheikh Nimer Fahad Al-Malik Al-Sabah stated that the committee is keen to intensify inspection field visits in the building of the Ministry of Oil, in order to ensure the implementation of health requirements and to monitor incorrect behaviors and take action on them, in addition to raising awareness through indicative signs and posters for distancing, as well as electronic awareness through means of communication. Ministry of Oil. The committee to follow up and monitor the implementation of the health procedures and requirements issued by the competent health authorities related to combating the Corona virus in the Ministry of Oil consists of the Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil for Technical Affairs Eng. Khaled Walid Al-Din as the head of the committee, and the director of the Public Relations and Information Department Sheikha Tamader Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as Vice President, and membership in The supervisor of administrative and technical services, Bashar Khalil Al-Balushi, the engineer, the petroleum specialist, Razan Ahmed Al-Duaij, the mechanical engineer, Bashar Khalaf Al-Shatti, the industrial engineer, Jassem Muhammad Al-Urayer, the administrative coordinator of the transactions of Maryam Qassem Iqtami, and the assistant administrative coordinator of the transactions of Hussein Daoud Al-Sarraf. At the conclusion of his statements, Sheikh Nimer Fahad Al-Malik Al-Sabah called on all employees to adhere to the precautionary health and safety procedures and to follow the health guidelines followed in the Ministry of Oil and the need to inform those infected with the Corona virus to the direct official and director of the department, in order to take the necessary measures by examining the employees in contact with the work site and sterilizing the homes and work offices of the infected.