Muscat: Muscat Municipality in A’Seeb, represented by the Central Market of Vegetables and Fruits Administration, decided to reopen the Mawaleh Central Market today after a five-month closure.

Eng. Badr bin Ali Al-Bahri, Director General of Muscat Municipality in A’Seeb, said that the decision comes in line with the instructions of the COVID-19 Supreme Committee and in accordance with the precautionary measures and health guidelines.

He added in a statement to Oman News Agency (ONA) that the municipality has carried out works to improve all the internal and external service facilities in the market, such as paving the market’s external areas that accommodate more than 800 parking spaces.

Al-Bahri said that the market will be open from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm for retail consumers, and from 5:00 am to 11:00 am for wholesalers to transport vegetables and fruits to different markets in the Sultanate.