Since the start of the pandemic, Jordan has recorded a total of 763,437 cases and 9,933 deaths….reports Asian Lite News
Jordan will start vaccinating children aged 12 years and older against COVID-19 from Sunday, the state news agency said on Saturday.
Children can be given the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine with the approval of a guardian with no prior appointment necessary, the agency quoted the health ministry as saying.
The decision comes as Jordan lifted most restrictions at the start of July, reopening gyms, pools and night clubs at hotels after cases dropped from a peak in March when several thousands of new cases were recorded daily.
Total active cases reached 7,489 on Friday with 331 new cases and four deaths.
Since the start of the pandemic, Jordan has recorded a total of 763,437 cases and 9,933 deaths.
Several other countries in the region are vaccinating children, including Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, two coronavirus patients died at a hospital in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Sunday after a short circuit knocked out power at the facility’s intensive care unit, the country’s health minister said.
The private Gardens Hospital is being rented by the Jordanian government to treat coronavirus patients.
Health Minister Firas Al-Hawari told state media Sunday that two people were confirmed dead at the hospital after the incident, and that investigators were determining the cause of the accident and whether the power outage was responsible for the deaths.
Angry people gathered outside the hospital and security forces cordoned off the facility and prevented relatives of patients from entering.
Earlier this year, Jordan’s former health minister Nathir Obeidat resigned after several Covid-19 patients died at a government hospital in Salt when their oxygen supply ran out.
Jordan’s Health Ministry has recorded more than 763,000 cases of coronavirus and at least 9,948 deaths. The country has administered two doses of Covid-19 vaccine to just over 19% of its 10 million people.
