AMMAN —
Health Ministry Secretary-General of Epidemiological Affairs Adel Al-Belbisi said on Saturday
that 210,000 people received the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine, out of 3
million individuals qualified to receive it in Jordan, according to Amman Net.
اضافة اعلان
While
vaccines third-doses are being
rolled out, the Directorate of Education of Amman/Kasbah Brigade Director
Nawal Abu Radin told Al-Wakeel News on Sunday that 800 students will also be
taking the vaccine, with the consent of their guardians.
"All information indicates that the two doses
can give us from 35 percent to 40 percent protection against Omicron, while a
third dose gives us more than 80 percent protection, so we shortened the period
between the second and third dose, and we are among the first countries to do
that," Belbisi said, adding that "we have observed an increase in the
demand for the third dose, and a decrease in the demand for the first and
second doses.”
In terms of students, the
Ministry of Education on Saturday announced the names of the health centers where the
vaccine will be given to willing school students and to educational and
administrative teams.
Those who received two doses of AstraZeneca
vaccine in Jordan can take the third dose of Pfizer, said Belbisi, who confirmed
that there is no third dose of AstraZeneca vaccine in Jordan.
More than half a million doses of the Sinopharm
vaccine and about 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine are available in the
Kingdom, according to official figures.
"During January 2022, we will receive one
million doses of Pfizer, and in February we will receive two million
doses," Belbisi said.
Pfizer has also promised to supply
Jordan with "the first shipment" of COVID-19 medicine sufficient for
about 1,300 people at the end of March, according to a statement by Health
Minister Fares Al-Hawari on Sunday during a meeting with the parliamentary
finance committee.
Hawari had said that Pfizer tablets will
be given to Jordanians over 65 and those suffering from chronic diseases.
Earlier this month, the
US Food and Drug Administration approved the
urgent use of the drug from Pfizer labs, an important step in combating the
epidemic that could enable millions of patient to have access the treatment.
Hawari also
reiterated Belbisi and Abu Radins notions about
the importance of the vaccine by stating that COVID-19 vaccines are “available and will remain available.”
On Sunday,
Jordan registered 295 cases of the new Omicron mutant, a sharp increase over
the 33 cases announced a day before.
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