Oman has registered 219,529 coronavirus cases and 2,370 deaths since the start of the pandemic. After a significant drop in infection rates from September to February, new cases peaked in April at 3,544 in a single day, but have since dropped. On Tuesday the sultanate announced 1,047 new cases.
The government brought in a raft of measures to prevent the spread of the virus over Ramadan and Eid, and some of the changes announced on Wednesday rescinded those strict rules.
Commercial operations, which had been banned between the hours of 8pm and 4am will now be allowed to open, with the proviso that malls, restaurants, shops and cafes stick to a 50 per cent capacity cap.
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A railway worker has won praise for rescuing a child who had fallen on to train tracks at a station in Mumbai, with less than a second to spare.
In CCTV video shared online, a woman and a young child can be seen walking along the platform at Vangani
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Local media reported the woman was blind and unable to help as the child tried to climb back on to the platform.
As a train barrels towards the struggling child, pointsman Mayur Shelke runs into shot along the track, racing towards the child and the approaching train.
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The triple disasters of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear event devastated Japan s north-eastern coast in 2011
Paper lanterns are lit to commemorate the victims of an earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. More than 2,000 candles with messages will be on display until March 11. EPA
Lit candles are arranged to spell out memory and connecting future at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. AFP
Candles spell out memory and connecting future at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum to mark the 10th anniversary of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that caused a tsunami and nuclear disaster, killing about 16,000 people. AFP