Day: December 5, 2021

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Technology

Vaccination to be prerequisite for entering universities

University workers, faculty and students will not be able to enter university campus as of 2022 unless they have had the two jabs of the COVID-19 vaccine, the higher education university said Saturday.

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research said it is “fully committed” to Defence Order (35) and highlighted universities will only allow in those who are fully vaccinated; nevertheless, it said those who have medical conditions will be exempted from the decision provided they produce a negative PCR test.

PCR tests would only be valid for 72 hours, it added.

Source: jordan News Agency

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Government Policy

Salih: Cooperation with Kurdish forces needed to defeat Daesh

Iraqi President Barham Salih said Saturday that countering Daesh terror group is the common task of all Iraqis, including close cooperation between the army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces.

Speaking after a deadly attack on the Peshmerga, Salih said in a tweet that Daesh attacks on Peshmerga checkpoints in the town of Mahmour are dangerous, and that confronting them is currently our urgent task.” He stressed that close cooperation between the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga is necessary to eliminate terrorists and bring security in the region.

Ten people, including 7 Peshmerga soldiers and three civilians, were killed Friday in a Daesh attack in Mahmour in northern Iraq.

Source: jordan News Agency

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Health

28 virus deaths, 2,976 cases recorded Saturday

Some 28 coronavirus deaths and 2,976 infections were registered in the Kingdom Saturday, bringing the death toll from the pandemic to 11,715 and the caseload to 971,401, according to the Health Ministry’s daily figures.

The positivity rate of PCR tests collected today was 9.70 per cent, according to the ministry’s media brief.

It said that the number of currently active cases of the virus in the Kingdom reached 60,131, with 147 patients admitted to hospitals today and 99 discharged, and the total number of confirmed cases being hospitalized was 1,159.

The daily report showed that the occupancy rate of isolation beds in the northern region was 27 per cent, intensive care beds 54 per cent and respirators 37 per cent.

In the central region, the occupancy rate of isolation beds was 29 per cent, intensive care beds 39 per cent and respirators 19 per cent, it said.

In the south, the occupancy rate of isolation beds was 14 per cent, intensive care beds 15 per cent and respirators 14 per cent, according to the figures.

The daily summary pointed to the recovery of 3,579 cases, bringing the total number of expected recoveries after the end of the 14-day isolation period to 899,555.

The report also said that those who got the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine numbered 4,160,104, and the number of those who were double-jabbed climbed to 3,768,621.

Source: jordan News Agency

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Health

UK reports 127 COVID fatalities

The UK’s health department Saturday reported 127 COVID-19 deaths, taking the death toll to 145,551.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said some 42,850 people tested positive for the highly contagious lung disease, as the caseload tops 10 million.

Source: jordan News Agency

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Health

Amman Municipality tightens Covid precautions

The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) announced a set of precautionary and preventive measures in light of the coronavirus surge across the world.

Amman Mayor Yousef Shawarbeh said in a statement issued Thursday that work hours at the municipal offices and facilities will be from 9 am to 1 pm, with the exception of the Central Vegetable Market and the Amman slaughterhouse “due to the nature of their work.”

As part of the new precautions, entrance to the main municipal premises will be from the northern gate and in coordination with police at the entrance, he said.

The mayor asked directors of the various departments, regions and administrative units to ensure that service recipients and employees had taken the coronavirus vaccine and ensure adherence to health safety and prevention measures, including wearing masks, physical distancing, floor markings and sanitizers.

Source: jordan News Agency

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Affairs

Trade, services contribute 56pct to Jordan’s GDP in H1 of 2021

Jordan’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first half of 2021 amounted to JD14.992 billion at current prices, to which the trade and services sectors contributed 56.1 percent, according to figures compiled by the Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACM).

The figures indicate that the country’s six-month GDP expanded by JD364 million from the JD14.618 billion reported in the same period of 2020. Additionally, the total number of businesses registered with the ACM stood at 34,736 with a combined capital of about JD31.883 billion.

Source: jordan News Agency

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Affairs

Non-Jordanian ownership in ASE-listed firms at 48.2%

The non-Jordanian ownership in the companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) comprised 48.2 percent as of November.

The value of shares bought by non-Jordanians in the ASE in November stood at JOD9.4 million, 6.8 percent of the total transactions, ASE numbers show.

Sold shares in the same period by non-Jordanians reached JOD11.3 million, a JOD1.9 million decline, compared with JOD4.8 million decline in the same period in 2020.

Statistics have also shown that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanians in the period between January – November, 2021 have reached JOD214.5 million, comprising 11.5 percent of the total transactions.

The value of sold shares by the same group stood at JOD246.4 million, constituting a JOD32.1 million decline in the non-Jordanian investment, compared with a JOD65.7 million decline in the same period in 2020.

Source: jordan News Agency