Month: May 2021

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General

Royal Decree appoints Hassan as director of the Office of His Majesty

A Royal Decree has been issued, appointing Jafar Hassan as Director of the Office of His Majesty, as of 6 May 2021.

Another Royal Decree was issued, accepting the resignation of Haifa Khraisha from her position as Adviser to His Majesty for Policies, as of 6 May 2021.

A third Royal Decree was issued, accepting the resignation of Kemal Al Nasser from his position as Adviser to His Majesty, as of 6 May 2021.

A fourth Royal Decree was issued, accepting the resignation of Zeina Toukan from her position as Adviser for Economic Affairs at the Royal Hashemite Court, as of 6 May 2021.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Health

Canada authorizes Pfizer vaccine for adolescents

Health Canada announced that it has approved administering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 12 to 15, after initially authorizing it for use in individuals 16 years of age and older, while the three other vaccines (AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna) can be given only to people over the age of 18 for now.

In a statement on Thursday, Health Canada’s chief medical adviser Supriya Sharma said the new authorization is “a significant milestone in Canada’s fight against the pandemic”, adding that it could allow young people to safely return to school and extracurricular activities.

The vaccinated adolescents also produced strong antibody responses and experienced roughly the same side effects seen in people ages 16 to 25. “The most commonly reported side effects were temporary and mild, like a sore arm, chills or fever,” Sharma further said.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Health

India reports over 412K daily COVID infections

Around 412,000 COVID-19 infections were recorded in India in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to some 21.1 million, according to the Delhi News Agency (DNA).

The DNA cited the Health Ministry as saying that COVID-19 claimed the lives of 3,980 people in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll in the subcontinent to 230,168.

Source: Jordan News Agency