List of activities and individuals exempted from the total lockdown

The Government Communication Centre (GCC) issued a list of institutions and individuals that are allowed to practice their business during the full closure (20-22 July, 2021).

Following are the list of activities and individuals exempted from the full lockdown:

• Hospitals, health centres, government and private clinics.
• Pharmacists.
• Livestock keepers and farmers between 5am and 11am.
• Transportation buses for workers in factories working round the clock.
• Transport vehicles for bakeries and laundry (that have government contracts). They will can transport cleaning services and food to government institutions such as hospitals.
• Hotel establishments and workers.
• Fishermen
• Tyre and vehicle repair shops inside fuel stations.
• Shift workers in the banking sector that required to be in the work place.
• Shops for selling and repairing pumps and modern irrigation systems, shops selling electrical and sanitary materials (by appointments only without opening the shop).
• Emergency service vehicles for electricity, water, communications, roads, public hygiene.
• Vehicles for transporting gas cylinders and water tanks.
• Airports and ports
• Trucks above 3 tonnes.
• Workers in fuel stations on duty.
• Workers in public and private press and media institutions.
• Workers in the relief and shelter sector.
• Shift workers in specialised insurance, freight and customs clearance offices.
• Food testing laboratories.
• Oil and gas fields.