This study aims to describe and analyze the Omani Arabic daily newspapers' treatment of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) from 25th February 2020 to 1st June 2022 and reveal the characteristics of the coverage provided by these newspapers regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Moreover, the study explains the impact of the media system in Oman on journalistic practices during the pandemic from the journalists’ perspective. The study relied on Agenda-Setting theory and the Media Systems approach as its theoretical framework. It employed two main tools: content analysis and structured interviews with selected journalists from Al Watan Newspaper and Oman Daily Newspaper. The study came up with several findings, most notably: the studied newspapers’ interest in covering the COVID-19 pandemic reached one-third (21%) of the total area of the two newspapers during the study period, as the number of published materials reached about 5444 materials. The news topped the list of published materials, and their percentage reached (63%) during the study period. The study's results also confirmed that the Omani dailies in this study were primarily concerned with covering events and topics of a national nature at a rate of (49%). The coverage of (Covid-19) by the studied newspapers relied on news agencies at a rate of (32%) of the total published materials. The study also revealed the large and almost complete control of the government over the flow of information during coverage of the pandemic in terms of activating official channels, selecting official spokespersons for some institutions such as the Ministry of Health and the Supreme Committee, and identifying specific sources for obtaining information such as the Oman News Agency and pandemic-specific applications, to make the coverage harmonious and compatible. So, that newspapers adhere to one path in line with directives and instructions. The study identified several factors influencing the setting of the pandemic topics from the journalists' perspective, foremost among which were the procedures set by the state in managing the pandemic in general and in the field of media in particular, as well as the policies of the journalism institutions, and their determinants in covering the pandemic.