AMMAN — Adviser at the Prime Ministry for Epidemiological
Affairs Adel Al-Balbisi said that the
Ministry of Health formed a committee to
study the medical cases of people who could not receive the vaccine due to
health issues before Defense Order No. 35 comes into effect at the beginning of
2022, according to Jo24.
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He said that the names of the committee members would not be
made public to maintain the independence of their work and urged people who did
not receive the
COVID-19 vaccine due to their medical conditions to submit an
application to the Ministry of Health that will study their cases, before the defense
order gets into force.
Defense Order No. 35 makes it compulsory for people to have
had two doses of the vaccine before being allowed to enter public sector
institutions and private establishments.
Balbisi also said that there is no medical condition that should
prevent one from being vaccinated, but the ultimate decision will be taken by
the committee after studying the cases.
Prime Minister
Bisher Khasawneh had issued Defense Order No.
35 for 2021 to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the Kingdom.
According to the defense order, public and private sector
employees are not allowed to join work unless they have received two shots of a
COVID-19 vaccine. The days they are not allowed to work shall be deducted from
their annual leave; if they have no more annual leaves, they will be considered
as being on unpaid leave, during which period they are not entitled to a
salary.
According to Defense Order No. 35, the employee who allows
any person over the age of 18 to enter public sector institutions without being
vaccinated will be penalized as stipulated in the civil service system. The
private sector facility that allows an employee in the facility to enter without
having been vaccinated will be closed and will only be able to reopen once the contravention
is corrected.
Defense Order No. 35 does not apply to persons who did not
receive these two doses for medical reasons, by a decision of the Minister of
Health, but these persons are obliged to present a negative
PCR test, valid for
72 hours, upon entering public or private sector institutions.
As for pregnant women, doctors consider them a high-risk
groups, so the vaccine protects them against infection and serious
complications, said Balbisi, stressing that the vaccine poses no danger to the
fetus.
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