AMMONNEWS - A record high of 634 COVID-19 infections were recorded across the Kingdom on Tuesday, Minister of Health Saad Jaber told journalists in the National Center For Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM).Breaking down the cases, Jaber said: 273 cases were recorded in Amman, 120 in Balqa,

AMMONNEWS - The government is relying on the awareness of people in the fight against COVID-19, following its latest decision to stop placing security health lockdowns on buildings, Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh said Tuesday.In a briefing at the National Center for Security a

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday participated in the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, held virtually for the first time.Delivering Jordan’s address at the general debate, King Abdullah said: "We can only overcome COVID-19, and what comes beyond it, through a r

AMMONNEWS - Based on the recommendation of the Covid-19 Crisis Cell at the National Centre for Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM), the Committee for the Sustainability of Work, Production and Supply Chains has decided on Tuesday, to impose a comprehensive two-week curfew on Ileha district in the

AMMONNEWS - The government will stop placing buildings under security lockdown in response to COVID-19, instead contacts of confirmed cases will be required to self-quarantine at home pending the results of their tests, Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh said Monday.Adaileh, who i

AMMONNEWS - Two deaths and 266 new infections with the coronavirus, including 264 local cases, were reported on Monday in the Kingdom, Health Minister, Saed Jaber, announced.The new local infections include: 166 in Amman, 25 in Karak, 38 in Balqa', 8 in Irbid, 10 in Zarqa, 3 in Ma'an, 1 in Ajlou

AMMONNEWS - A heatwave that affected the Kingdom over the past days is expected to ease off as of Monday, so the weather will change to be moderate over the mountains and plains and relatively hot in other parts of the Kingdom, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily update.

AMMONNEWS - Director of Jerash Health Affairs, Mohammed Tahan, said that there is no hotspot for the novel coronavirus in the governorate, indicating that all cases recorded in Jerash have come from other cities through being in contact or sharing homes with infected people.Speaking to «Petra» o

AMMONNEWS - His Highness Prince El-Hassan bin Talal, Chairman of the Higher Council for Science and Technology, has called for formulating a realistic proposal that includes the implementation of a feasibility study over the interconnection between water, energy and food in the Arab region.In a

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Monday honored a court employee who provided information that helped uncover a corruption case and saved the state's treasury an amount of JOD650,000.The premier welcomed Ibrahim Bosoul, an Irbid Court of First Instance staff member, at the prime ministr

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday participated in the World Economic Forum’s Virtual Sustainable Development Impact Summit, held under the theme «Realising a Great Reset for Sustainable Development».The theme is in line with the concept of «re-globalisation», which has been highlig

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah is set to participate in the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, delivering Jordan’s address via teleconference.On the sidelines of the UNGA, King Abdullah is also scheduled to participate in the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable

AMMONNEWS - The University of Jordan (UJ) has announced on Sunday that the first Covid-19 infection for a student was recorded.In a press statement, the UJ said the infected student, who is currently receiving classes online, has visited the UJ last Wednesday, but did not mingle with any of coll

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Sunday stressed that his government is committed to full transparency and disclosure when it comes to the publication of coronavirus-related information and said a recent multiplicity of sources, which sometimes offer conflicting information, was "unacceptab

AMMONNEWS - Minister of State for Media Affairs, Amjad Adaileh, said the Cabinet has discussed the most «prominent» pandemic-related developments, and the relevant feedback on several recent governmental decisions.During the Cabinet's session held on Sunday, chaired by Prime Minister, Omar Razza

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Health, Dr. Sa'ad Jaber, announced that 239 new Covid-19 cases, including 231 local infections, were recorded in the Kingdom, bringing the cumulative number of infections hospitalized since the start of the pandemic to 4,779.The imported cases involve 8 arrivals at quaran

AMMONNEWS - Relatively hot weather is expected to prevail on Sunday in the hilly areas and plains, while it will remain sizzling in other parts of the Kingdom, with clouds at various altitudes, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily update.The hot spell that hit the country

AMMONNEWS - Three new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Irbid, Governor Radwan Al-Atoum announced Sunday.Al-Atoum told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) that the cases were infected after coming into contact with COVID-19 patients in differnet districts."The epidemiological investigation t

AMMONNEWS - A wanted person was killed, and two others, his companion and a police officer were injured in an exchange of gunfire on Saturday, according to a media spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate (PSD).The PSD said the suspect, who was manhunted on 11 felonies, including firing at

AMMONNEWS - Two new infections with the novel coronavirus were recorded on Saturday in the Dier Alla district of the Balqa Governorate, governor Nayef Hajjaya told Petra.He noted that the new infections have recently come into contact with confirmed cases, adding that the new cases were rushed t

AMMONNEWS - Five more infections with the coronavirus were recorded in Irbid governorate on Saturday, governor Ridwan Otoom announced.He said the new cases included 3 in the city center and two in the suburbs. Otoom, who is also Irbid's coronavirus czar, said two private and public schools were

AMMONNEWS - Lebanon's army said it had found 1.3 tonnes of fireworks during a search of Beirut port, which was devastated last month in a huge blast that was blamed on a large quantity of chemicals kept in poor condition.The army said in a statement, released on its website on Friday, that 1,320

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Saturday emphasized that his government will continue to develop its performance and upgrade public service offering as ordered by His Majesty King Abdullah II."Successful governments are not the ones that make no mistakes, but rather those that learn fr

AMMONNEWS - Director of the Covid-19 Crisis Management Cell, Brigadier Gen. Mazen Faraya, at the National Center for Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM),said the government has decided to impose a 2-week comprehensive curfew in the Ghor al-Safi and Ghor al-Mazraa regions in Karak governorate, as

AMMONNEWS - Minister of State for Media Affairs said that Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Thursday issues Defense Order. 16.

AMMONNEWS - Minister of transport Kaled Saif said that 7-day home quarantine now in place.

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Health, Dr. Sa'ad Jaber, announced that 279 new Covid-19 cases were recorded, bringing the total caseload since the start of the pandemic to 3852.

AMMONNEWS - Director of Health Affairs in Tafileh, Khaled Al-Khawaldeh, announced that the first case of COVID-19 has been recorded in the governorate on Thursday dawn.Speaking to «Petra», Al-Khawaldeh said that the new patient is a worker at a security and protection company in Al-Bashir Hospit

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health announced that 175 new Covid-19 cases, including 171 local infections, were recorded in the Kingdom on Wednesday, bringing the total caseload to 3,852.Among the the new domestic cases, 96 were in the capital, Amman, 20 in Karak, 19 in Balqa, 16 in Irbid, 13 in

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) Wednesday said its suspending operations and providing services to the public after one of its employees had tested positive with COVID-19.As a preventive measure, the MoSD said it will stop providing services to the public as of Thursday unt

AMMONNEWS - The blazing heat wave that is currently sweeping across most parts of the Kingdom has pushed temperatures well above annual average by almost 7- 8 degrees today, bringing hot and dry weather with clouds at different altitudes, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD).T

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced the prices of voluntary coronavirus tests at private laboratories, placing the cost of the GeneXpert Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 test, which delivers the result in 45 minutes, at JOD70.The RT-PCR and AIGS-PCR tests cost JOD45 each, and return

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Wednesday said his government will not resort to the re-imposition of a total curfew and stressed that this requires strong commitment by the public to health safety measures with the spike in COVID-19 infections.Speaking to a local morning radio show, R

AMMONNEWS - Governor of Amman, Dr. Sa'ad Shehab, decided on Wednesday to lift the lockdown on 13 residential buildings in the capital after the necessary measures were completed.In a press statement, Shehab said the buildings that saw the lockdown lifted are located across the capital's district

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Wednesday stressed his government's support to current and prospective investments and said it is working to lure in fresh capital to propel economic growth and create job opportunities.During a tour of the northeastern Mafraq Development Zone, the prime