Jordan News UpdatesJordan on Monday denounced a ballistic missile launch by the Houthi militias on the United Arab Emirates (UAE), describing the attack as a “cowardly terrorist act”.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said the attack is a flagrant breach of international law, stressing Jordan’s unwavering solidarity with the UAE against all that threatens its security.
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Temperatures are expected to slightly drop on Monday, bringing chilly weather conditions in most parts of the Kingdom, with clouds at different altitudes, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily update.
At night, the Kingdom will be affected by unstable weather conditions with scattered rainfall expected in several regions, mainly in the northern and central regions, the JMD noted without ruling out the possibility of spotty snowfall in the southern mountainous region.
The weather department warned of the danger of dust-caused low horizontal visibility, frost formation in the early morning and late night hours, especially over hilltops, and of slippery roads in areas witnessing rainfall.
Similar weather will prevail on Tuesday, while Wednesday will see a slight rise in temperatures with sunny but cold conditions and southeasterly moderate winds.
Today, the maximum and minimum temperatures in eastern Amman will range from 11Celsius degrees to 2C during night, while highs in western Amman will be 9C and lows at 1C. The Gulf of Aqaba will see a fair 18C, dropping to 9C at night hours.
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The Canadian health authorities Monday reported 92 COVID-19 deaths, taking the death toll to 33,787.
Health Canada said more than 11,000 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, as the caseload tops 3.04 million.
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The Ministry of Health reported Monday a record 16,226 Covid-19 cases as well as 24 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the caseload from the pandemic to 1,225,309 and the death toll to 13,217.
The ministry said in the daily brief issued jointly with the Prime Ministry that 28.77 percent of 56,399 PCR tests collected across the country came back positive.
It said that the number of currently active cases stood at 85,397, including 206 patients that were admitted today to hospitals, raising the number of cases now hospitalized to 900.
On the capacity of hospitals, the figures showed that the occupancy rate of isolation beds in the northern region was 14%, intensive care beds 27% and respirators 7%.
In the central region, 26% of isolation beds were occupied, intensive care beds occupancy was 42% and respirators 17%, it said.
In the southern region, the occupancy rate of isolation beds was 14%, intensive care beds 9% and respirators 6%, according to the ministry’s figures.
It also reported that 4,102 Covid patients have recovered, bringing expected total recoveries after the end of the 14-day isolation period to 1,126,695.
The daily brief put the number of people who got the first dose of Covid vaccines at 4,582,481 and those who were double vaccinated to 4,223,674.
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The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudea Monday tested positive for COVID-19.
“This morning, I tested positive for COVID-19,” tweeted Trudeau, who is fully vaccinated. “I’m feeling fine, and I’ll continue to work remotely this week while following public health guidelines. Everyone, please get vaccinated and get boosted.”
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The global caseload of the coronavirus has topped 374.7 million cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University statistics released Sunday.
The death toll has climbed up to 5.6 million, the data showed.
The United States tops the list of Covid-19 cases, followed by India then Brazil. It also comes first in terms of death count, followed by Brazil then India in third place.
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Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Wajih Owais, on Monday, with his Yemeni counterpart, Tariq Al-Akbari, who is visiting Jordan to participate in the launch of the “Heritage for Yemen’s Generations” project, organized by the Petra National Trust (PNT).
The meeting was attended by HRH Princess Dana Firas, president of the Petra National Trust (PNT).
The project partially includes the implementation of the “Training of Trainers” program, in cooperation with the Yemeni Ministry of Education, which aims at training Yemeni teachers and educational supervisors to implement the extracurricular cultural and heritage education program, developed by the PNT, Princess Dana said.
She added that the program targets children of the age group (7-12) in Yemen, and aims to instill awareness among participants of the importance of cultural heritage, and enhance their sense of ownership and preservation of their heritage sites through interactive learning methods.
In the meeting, the two ministers also discussed ways to develop and enhance bilateral ties, especially in the educational field.
Owais highlighted the Jordanian educational experience, especially with regard to the uses of technology, stressing the ministry’s keenness to develop this process, as it has taken advanced steps in studying and planning for this development in terms of forming technical committees, studying the landscape in partnership with various relevant stakeholders and rolling out implementation.
He pointed out that the Jordanian educational process is receiving great attention from the Hashemite leadership, which believes in its role in building qualified, trained and competitive human capital, which are key levers of the development and building process in the quest of societies to keep abreast with the accelerating pace of global civilization.
In turn, the Yemeni minister lauded the Jordanian educational experience, and its development, stressing keenness to benefit from this experience in the process of developing education that his country seeks to promote.
Al-Akbari highlighted the Yemeni educational experience and challenges it faces, adding that the Yemeni people are keen on overcoming these challenges and turn them into opportunities for development and improvement.
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A young man, in his twenties, on Monday stabbed his twenty-year-old sister to death, due to disputes between them in the Zahoum area in central Karak governorate, southern Jordan.
Governor of Karak, Mohammad Fayez, told the Jordan News Agency (Petra), that the police were present immediately at the crime scene, and arrested the young man.
The body was transferred to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine at Karak Public Hospital, and investigations were initiated to determine the causes and circumstances of the crime, Fayez added.
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The Ministry of Education on Sunday issued a circular for private school principals to adhere to cabinet instructions on in-person learning for the second semester scheduled to begin on February 20.
Director of the Private Education at the ministry Mohammad Alwan urged private schools to stick to the set schedule, which excludes General Secondary School Certificate (Tawjihi) and international programmes students.
The ministry, he pointed out, had received observations about private schools offering additional classes for missed learning during the coming period, adding that the ministry would not bar this as long as it is not in-person and mandatory for both students and parents, and will not be considered part of in-classroom education in the second semester.
Education during the second semester will be in-person, Alwan stressed, vowing that the ministry will not tolerate any violation of the government decision and will take due action in this regard.
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The police in Zarqa Monday arrested a man suspected of assaulting a shop owner in the city with a knife.
The Public Security Directorate (PSD) said the Zarqa police had located the whereabouts of the suspect, who has a criminal record, and arrested him after he showed resistance to arrest.
An investigation was launched into the case pending referring the suspect to the court.
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