Muscat: Oman’s main vegetable and fruit market, Central Market, located in Mabela, will open on January 5, Muscat Municipality has announced.
The Central Market has remained shut for many months since the country closed a range of activities to fight COVID-19.
Muscat Municipality stated that all precautionary measures such as social distancing, wearing of masks and avoiding crowding will have to be followed by the sellers as well as the customers. The measures as stipulated by the Supreme Committee in charge of handling COVID-19 will have to be mandatorily followed.
The municipality indicated that the opening hours of the market for consumers will be from 1pm to 6pm, and the opening hours for wholesalers will be from 5am to 11pm.
The municipality alerted the general public visiting the market to take all measures of self-protection against the coronavirus.
