AMMAN — Head of the Parliamentary Health Committee Farid Haddad on Saturday said
that
hospitals in Amman are well prepared to deal with the epidemiological
situation, and that hospitals in the northern and southern governorates need to
improve their readiness, according to Khaberni website.
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In a TV
interview, Haddad had said that
PCR results must be issued
speedily, warning of the impact of serious COVID-19 waves on the health system.
Around 20,000 COVID cases were registered among students over the past
two weeks, none of them needing to be admitted to intensive care units, said
Haddad, stressing the importance of finding a mechanism to vaccinate children.
Earlier on Friday, the
Ministry of Education had announced that
the parents of about 37,295 students agreed to vaccinate their children against
COVID-19, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
The ministry also said that 136,855 students received the first jab,
while 102,635 received both, and that about 2,168 students were vaccinated due
to the campaigns and initiatives conducted by the ministry during the past two
weeks.
The Ministry of Education had urged parents to accept that their children
aged 12-17 be vaccinated.
Statistics by the ministry indicate that the positivity rate among
students, teachers and administrators reached 0.008 percent.
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