AMMONNEWS - Minister of Transport Khaled Seif on Tuesday announced an update to the list of countries from and to which regulars flights are allowed to operate and the time period of the pre-travel PCR test.The new list came into effect today and will remain valid for two weeks, the minister sai

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday stressed the importance of taking all measures and precautions to safeguard public health and wellbeing during the upcoming electoral process.At a teleconference meeting with the president and members of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),

AMMONNEWS - Israel hammered out US-brokered «peace deals» with the UAE and Bahrain in Washington, D.C Tuesday.US President Donald Trump said «We reached a peace deal in a month... the three countries will exchange ambassadors and cooperate among each other as friendly nations.»Netanyahu call

AMMONNEWS - A central laboratory in Irbid was closed down after several staff members tested positive for the COVID-19, an official told Petra on Tuesday.Director of the Irbid Health Department Riyad Shayab said that 10 workers have been infected so far, but it has not been possible to determine

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Tuesday called on all public stakeholders to ramp up their preparations for the winter season and said closer cooperation and coordination is needed to address any sudden-onset weather events.Over the past few years, the Kingdom has seen some sudden wea

AMMONNEWS - The Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) on Tuesday denied reports claiming that the Alloxan compound is being used in the manufacture of bread in the Kingdom.Responding to a video that went viral on social media outlets, the watchdog said some countries use Alloxan to impart t

AMMONNEWS - A total of 149 new infections with the novel coronavirus were recorded on Tuesday across the Kingdom, bringing the tally to 3,677 since the outbreak of the pandemic in early March.Out of today’s total, 142 were local infections with the capital Amman accounting for the majority of ca

AMMONNEWS - The State Security Court (SSC) on Tuesday handed down the death penalty to the killer of a retired intelligence major general in 2018 in a Madaba neighborhood, some 40km south of Amman.In its verdict, the court said the convict was found guilty of carrying out terrorist acts that led

AMMONNEWS - Three coronavirus cases were recorded in Zarqa Tuesday, prompting security forces to isolate three buildings in neighbourhoods and the Azraq district in the governorate, according to Governor Hejazi Assaf.He told Petra in an interview that security forces moved in and isolated the bu

AMMONNEWS - School students across the Kingdom will begin remote schooling for two weeks starting Thursday, September 17, Minister of Education Tayseer Nuaimi told journalists at the Prim Ministry Monday.The government's decision to suspend traditional classes will exclude Tawjihi students, the

AMMONNEWS - Jordan will see mosques shuttered for two weeks starting Thursday as part of state efforts to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Mohammad Khalaileh told journalists at the Prime Ministry Monday.Khalaileh said the decision comes in response

AMMONNEWS - A total of 214 COVID-19 cases and two fatalities were recorded in the Kingdom Monday, Minister of Health Saad Jaber said.Breaking down the cases to journalists at the Prime Ministry, Jaber said 110 cases were recorded in Amman, 53 in Karak, 19 in Balqa, 4 in Irbid, 9 in Zarqa, 6 in M

AMMONNEWS - The government is taking new measures to safeguard the health of people as it eschews resorting to blanket curfews, Minister of State for Media Affairs told a press conference at the Prime Ministry Monday.The Cabinet held a meeting today to address the developments of the epidemiolo

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Sunday warned that the current sustained daily load of COVID-19 infections threatens to rapidly take the country from controlled and isolated infection hotspots to community spread, which, he said, is difficult to contain.The prime minister appealed to t

AMMONNEWS - Governor of Madaba, Ali Madi, has announced on Sunday, that two schools, one public and the other private, were shut down in the city of Madaba, after two Covid-19 cases were registered.Speaking to «Petra,» the governor said closure of the two schools was taken after a high school st

AMMONNEWS - Director of Prince Hamzah Hospital (PHH), Dr. Abdul-Razzaq Khashman, announced that a Covid-19- infected 57-year-old man has died.Speaking to «Petra,»on Sunday, Khashman said the deceased man has suffered from the rare «Behçet» disease, was later transferred from Al-Bashir Hospital o

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Health, Dr. Sa'ad Jaber, announced that 252 new Covid-19 cases were recorded, bringing the total caseload since the start of the pandemic to 3314.Speaking during a press briefing on Sunday at the Prime Ministry, Jaber said the new cases involve 4 arrivals from abroad an

AMMONNEWS - The government is set to tighten its control over and restrictions on gatherings as it excludes resorting to blanket curfews, Minister of State Amjad Adaileh said Sunday.Addressing journalists, Adaileh said the government was briefed Sunday by Minister of Health Saad Jaber about the

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Al-Razzaz said Saturday that his government values the exceptional efforts of epidemiological investigation teams and health cadres in conducting COVID-19 testing and quickly and efficiently tracking contacts with infected people, as a key link in combatting the pande

AMMONNEWS - The University of Jordan (JU) Saturday denied as «baseless» news reports on referring students at the university to investigation for expressing their opinions on normalizing ties with Israel.«Reports circulating on social media from student groups are untrue,» the JU said in a state

AMMONNEWS - Director of the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) , Raed Al Khattab, said the sizzling heatwave will temporarily taper off over the next two days, and mercury levels will slightly drop nationwide.Temperatures are tipped to drop to the mid-thirties in the capital, Amman, but a ri

AMMONNEWS - Governor of Madaba, Ali Madi, announced on Saturday, that a new Covid-19 infection has been recorded in the city.The case involves a a 37-year-old woman after she came into contact with an infected person at Al-Bashir Hospital in the capital, Madi told «Petra.»The infected woman

AMMONNEWS - Four buildings were isolated in the Zarqa Governorate Saturday after four coronavirus cases were confirmed in neighbourhoods, according to Zarqa Governor Hejazi Assaf.He told Petra in an interview that epidemiological investigation teams took 56 swab tests for contacts with the infe

AMMONNEWS - The United Nations office in Jordan on Saturday said it had not sent any circular to its staff in Jordan informing them of any change to their work operations in light of the epidemiological situation in the country.In a statement received by Petra, the UN Jordan office denied as "gr

AMMONNEWS - A total of 117 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Jordan on Friday, 113 of which are local cases, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis to 3062.

AMMONNEWS - A Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army source said preliminary investigations indicate that extreme heat was to blame for the explosion at a mortar munitions depot in the eastern governorate of Zarqa in the early hours of Friday.The source explained that an extreme rise in temperature led t

AMMONNEWS - A total of 206 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Jordan on Friday, 197 of which are local cases, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis to 2,945, a statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health said.The cases includ

AMMONNEWS - Bahrain and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations, US President Donald Trump announced on Friday, hailing the deal as «a historic breakthrough».In a joint statement, the United States, Bahrain and Israel said the agreement was reached after Trump spoke with Israel

AMMONNEWS - Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh said that an explosion occurred in the early hours of Friday at a Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army depot containing unusable mortar munitions east of Zarqa.Adaileh added that preliminary investigations indicate that the explosion was cau

AMMONNEWS - A slight drop in temperatures is expected, on Friday, as hot weather conditions prevail nationwide, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily update.Despite the drop, the JMD added, but temperatures are forecast to rise 7 degrees above their annual average.Winds

AMMONNEWS - Minister of State for Media Affairs, Amjad Adaileh, said that the government has ensured that Defense Orders are providing protection and health care to all citizens in the country.During a press conference at the Prime Ministry along with Minister of Health, Saad Jaber, and Minister

AMMONNEWS - After a new outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Balqa governorate, the government has decided to isolate the Sweimah town and some parts of al-Karameh town in the governorate to prevent the spread of additional infections, announced the Committee for the Sustainability of Work, Production and

AMMONNEWS - A total of 15 buildings were isolated in Amman following COVID-19 cases, the city's governor, Saad al-Shehab, announced on Thursday.The buildings are located in Abdun, First Circle, Hay Nazzal, Jabal al-Hussein, al-Kursi, al-Rawnaq, Wadi al-Sir, Abu Nsair, Gardens, Shafa Badran, Qwes

AMMONNEWS - Temperatures are set to rise above 37C in most parts of the Kingdom and even 40C in Amman, the Dead Sea and Aqaba today, with a chance of light and shattered rain in some regions, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily brief.The stifling heat is expected to con

AMMONNEWS - A doctor working at Al-Bashir hospital's surgery department has tested positive for the coronavirus, hospital's director general, Mahmoud Zreiqat said on Thursday.Zreiqat said the doctor, who got infected after coming into contact with a COVID-19 patient, still has not shown any symp