The Coronavirus Outbreak in China has been causing a great deal of panic, fear, and anxiety not only in China but all over the world. It has led to hundreds, if not thousands, of deaths and has put millions of people in lockdown. Many airlines have suspended their flights to China and many countries have advised their citizens to avoid visiting China. The disease has been spreading very rapidly in and outside China. As the Chinese President Xi Jinping has put it, “The disease has been spreading like a Demon”—a demon is a type of jinni! This is why they now call this new coronavirus in China as the “devil’s bug”.
The healthcare insurance offered for expatriate workers in Oman is seriously defective and does not meet the challenges of modern life. This insurance is far less satisfactory when compared with the healthcare services offered to the Omani nationals in scope and in quality. It is also less satisfactory compared with the health insurance being offered to expatriate workers in other GCC countries.
