AMMAN — According to a press statement by Aqaba’s Director
of Health Adnan Abbas, more than 83,000 Aqaba Governorate residents received
the first dose of the
COVID-19 vaccine, while 61,473 residents received the
second dose. With 80 percent of its residents inoculated, the Aqaba Governorate
has one of the highest vaccination rates in Jordan.
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Abbas stated on Wednesday that the Aqaba Governorate vaccination
rate increased after the government issued Defense Order 32 and implemented it
on August 5, mandating unvaccinated employees to show a negative PCR test every
week.
Abbas added that it is expected that the number of
vaccinated Aqaba residents will hit 100,000 by the end of August.
To speed up the inoculation process, the Ministry of Health has
opened 16 vaccination centers in the governorate, some of which are in Wadi
Araba and Al-Muzafer, according to Abbas. Health workers at each center conduct
rapid COVID-19 tests and welcome walk-ins for vaccinations.
Abbas contended that Aqaba owes its high vaccination rate to
several factors, including that the fact that it is typically thronged with
tourists and workers. The health measures imposed by the Ministry of Health
were also implemented with precision and professionalism, he said.
Abbas added that health cadres in Aqaba were able to
vaccinate 18 percent of students in the governorate (or 3,370 school students
out of 18,313, age group 12 to 18 years). He also called on parents to
encourage their children to receive the vaccine to ease the process of returning
to in-person education.
Regarding those who may experience allergic reactions to the
vaccine, Abbas said that it was agreed to dedicate a team of doctors at Prince
Hashem Military Hospital who would follow up on those cases and offer them
advice.
In turn, several citizens who received the first and second
doses of the COVID-19 vaccine praised the Aqaba Governorate Health Directorate’s
health workers and the governorate’s handling of the pandemic, according to
Abbas.
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