AMMAN —
Minister of State for Media Affairs Faisal
Shboul said Monday that the government’s move to relax coronavirus
restrictions, which will go into force Tuesday, is part of measures towards a
gradual return to normal life, stimulating the economy and revitalizing the
commercial and tourism sectors, particularly as the latest wave of the pandemic
began to wane.
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During a meeting
with stakeholders from the ministries of health, education and interior at the
Prime Ministry, Shboul announced the abolition of the requirement to register
on the
platform GATEWAY2JORDAN for Jordanians arriving in the Kingdom.
He stressed the
importance of awareness campaigns to urge citizens and residents of the Kingdom
to get the Covid-19 vaccines in order to proceed with more mitigating measures
if no new waves of the pandemic occur during the coming period.
... the Kingdom’s vaccination campaigns succeeded in immunizing a high percentage of Jordanians of the age group 18 years and above...
Shboul, who is
also official spokesman of the government, said that two years on, the global
response to the pandemic has proven that vaccination is the most effective way
to face it, adding that Jordan will next month hold elections for governorate
and municipal councils, as well as Islamic and Christian religious occasions, including
the holy month of
Ramadan, the Easter Holiday and a “promising” tourist season
during spring and summer.
The minister
also noted that the Kingdom’s vaccination campaigns succeeded in immunizing a
high percentage of Jordanians of the age group 18 years and above, stressing
the importance of expanding the vaccination drive to the age group of 5 to 17
years old.
He also told the
meeting, which was attended by the Prime Ministry’s Adviser for Health Affairs
and the official in charge of the Covid-19 file, Adel Belbisi, of the need to
intensify awareness campaigns to target expatriate workers,
Syrian refugees and
other groups under the age of 18, where the vaccination rate is very low.
Shboul stressed
the necessity to continue work with the
Defense orders and relevant circulars,
as it provides a legal cover for the government to support sectors that were
hit hard by the pandemic, protect private sector workers and press with
vaccinations as well as be ready to deal with any new epidemiological setbacks.
Also among the measures to ease the coronavirus restrictions
are: reducing the isolation period for infected people to 5 days, starting with
the date of taking the PCR test without the need for another test after the end
of the isolation period and cancelling procedures related to contacts
quarantine and the PCR test for arrivals in Jordan.
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