Day: January 14, 2022

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Reaching agreement with Lebanon without prior licensing – says official

Minister of Agriculture Khaled Hneifat said that both agriculture ministries in Jordan and Lebanon have agreed on exchanging agro exports without previous licensing to facilitate the task of farmers whose work is linked to the dollar exchange rates.

He told Petra that within the framework of the ministry’s efforts to increase agricultural exports and establish trade relations with countries on the basis of mutual benefit and reciprocity in the exchange of agricultural products, priority was given to importing bananas during the period of supplementary import from Lebanon in exchange for importing vegetables from the Kingdom.

The ministry, Hneifat added, has urged Jordan Exporters and Producers Association for Fruit and Vegetables to communicate with their Lebanese counterparts in order to export Jordanian agricultural products to Lebanon without prior licenses.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Public Works Ministry warns public of adverse weather conditions

The Public Works and Housing Ministry, on Friday, warned the public on highways of low-visibility due to heavy rainfall, namely, in the central, northern and the Dead Sea areas.

The ministry confirmed its readiness to deal with the expected weather conditions around the clock through its 98 teams distributed across the Kingdom’s governorates.

The ministry issued a circular to its directorates and offices in various parts of the Kingdom that instructed entities to conduct periodic inspection tours to all regions and raise the state of emergency, according to the assessment of directors.

It also called on the public to take precautions, to stay away from flood-prone areas, and drive slowly, especially in the Badia areas due to the possibility of dust formation, and to not hesitate to report any emergency through contacting the main operations room at the ministry and the rest of the governorates.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Customs Department: Commodities circulated in some media outlets not Jordanian

Jordan Customs Department (JCD) Director General Maj. Gen. Jalal al-Qudah, on Friday, clarified that commodities circulated in some media outlets were not Jordanians but were lists of goods issued by the World Customs Organization (WCO).

He told Petra that the recent government decision to reduce customs duties on thousands of imported goods is the largest customs reduction ever, and its positive effects will be reflected on citizens and include various sectors.

Al-Qudah urged all media outlets to investigate accuracy and credibility when dealing with this decision and its positive effects.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Health

Jordan registers 14 COVID-19 related deaths, 3396 infections on Friday

14 new deaths and 3396 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded in Jordan on Friday.

With today’s fatalities and infections, the caseload and death toll from the disease have increased to 12,959 and 1,095,087 respectively, since the outbreak began in March of 2020, according to the Ministry of Health daily brief.

The number of cases that required admission to hospitals today stood at 96, while 92 cases have recovered and been discharged from hospitals.

On the capacity of hospitals in the Kingdom, the brief said that the occupancy rate of isolation beds in the northern region was at 11 per cent, intensive care beds 29 per cent and ventilators 15 per cent.

In the Central region, isolation beds were at an occupancy rate of 15 per cent, ICU beds at 30 per cent and ventilators 13 per cent, it said.

In the south, it added, the occupancy rate of isolation beds reached 9 per cent, ICU beds 5 per cent and ventilators 5 per cent.

It said that 37,362 PCR tests were collected today, bringing the total number of tests conducted since the start of the pandemic to 14,039,016, and that the positivity rate today was about 9.09 per cent.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Brazil suffers sharp rise in COVID-19 cases

Brazil is suffering a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases as the Omicron variant spreads through the country, putting pressure on health services and weighing on an already sputtering economy.

Confirmed cases have almost doubled since last week, with the rolling average for the past seven days surging to 52,500, from 27,267 last Wednesday.

Experts believe the actual number is much higher, due to a shortage of tests and patchy systems for reporting and public disclosure of data.

Source: Jordan News Agency