Minister says those contracting COVID variants unvaccinated

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AMMAN — The Minister of State for Media Affairs Sakher Dudin on Thursday said that all hospital admissions involving mutations of COVID-19 over the past two days involved those who have not yet been vaccinated.اضافة اعلان

In remarks made on a local radio program, the minister urged people to get vaccinated, adding that Jordan aims to vaccinate 4.5 million people by the first half of September, according to Al-Ghad news.

Jordan News reported on Wednesday that despite a steadily unfurling vaccination campaign, half of Jordanians over 60 — a group at increased risk for severe illness from the COVID-19 — have not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine.

Many who spoke with Jordan News said that they still harbored concerns about vaccines, while overcrowding at sites using Pfizer pointed to others foregoing the Sinopharm vaccine.

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