AMMAN — The
Ministry of Education, in coordination
with the National Center for Security and Crisis Management and the Ministry of
Health, said it was resuming a campaign on Sunday to vaccinate 972,400 students
in grades 7–12 at all public schools across the Kingdom, according to the
Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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Education Ministry Undersecretary for Administrative
and Financial Affairs Najwa Qbeilat said that the campaign targets students who
have obtained their parents' written approval to get the shot. Those students
now total 43,000, and the number is expected to rise after the resumption of
classroom education for the second semester on February 20.
Qbeilat said that the ministry has designated 42 vaccination
centers in its directorates, adding that the education and health ministries
have teams that will jointly kick off the vaccination campaign according to a schedule
to be disseminated to schools, students and parents.
She said that 172,445 students, 17.73 percent of the
target group, have received the first dose of the vaccine and 124,422, 12.7 percent,
have been double-jabbed in addition to 257 who got the third booster shot. 112,669
out of 134,000 Tawjihi students have received the vaccine, 66,888 have taken the
first dose, 45,652 the second and 129 the third.
The resumption of the school vaccination process is
part of the ministry's intent to continue classroom education during the second
semester and in light of the importance of immunization to curb the spread of
the coronavirus and mitigate infection rates.
Qbeilat urged parents to encourage their children to
receive the vaccine for their own safety and the safety of their colleagues and
teachers, as well as to guarantee the continuation of classroom education across
the Kingdom's schools.
The ministry earlier launched intensive awareness
campaigns on health protocols and the need to take the vaccine ahead of the
return to the classroom.
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