Updates from Middle East!
Jordan received the first shipment of 144,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/SK Bioscience COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX Facility facility at Queen Alia International Airport.
“We now see the results of partnership with the COVAX Facility. This supply is very timely …
Most of Italy, including its capital Rome and its financial centre Milan, will have curbs on business and movement intensified from Monday as the government ramps up its efforts to stem a steady rise in coronavirus cases.
The country …
A powerful car bomb near a police station on Friday night killed at least seven people and wounded more than 50 others in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, officials said.
Herat Governor Sayed Abdul Wahid Qatali said several women and …
Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) personnel have foiled an attempt to smuggle 650,000 drug pills via a cargo vehicle at one of the border crossings, the Public Security Directorate (PSD) spokesperson said on Friday.
AND personnel received a tip-off about the …
Minister of State for Media Affairs Sakher Dudin, on Friday, urged citizens to abide by instructions issued by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs relating to prayers during curfew hours.
The minister, who is also the government spokesperson, …
Jordan has recorded 55 COVID-19 related deaths and 7,705 new infections, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the crisis to 464,856, a statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health said on Friday.…
144 thousand vaccine doses from COVAX will arrive in the Kingdom this evening, Health Minister Natheer Obeidat said.
Jordan is the first country in the MENA region that will receive the doses, the minister told Petra.
Source: Jordan …