AMMONNEWS - The government is allowing shops and businesses to open and offer services for customers until 7:00 pm as of Tuesday, Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh said Monday.Adaileh said that businesses and enterprises will be expected to follow health safety guidelines and soc

AMMONNEWS - Jerash Government Hospital has added five new isolation rooms for COVID-19 patients or people suspected of infection with the disease.Director of the hospital, Dr. Sadiq Atoum, said Monday that the new additions are part of government measures to fight the spread of the virus, notin

AMMONNEWS - The total number of COVID-19 cases in Jordan rose to 562 after 22 new cases were recorded on Monday, Minister of Health Dr. Sa'ad Jaber said.In a press briefing at the National Center for Security and Crisis Management, Jaber said that eight of the new cases are truckers, three of wh

AMMONNEWS - The Government decided on Monday to further relax the nationwide lockdown, imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March, allowing movement from 08:00am to 07:00pm and giving the go-ahead for the public sector to return to work on May 26, State Minister for Media Affairs Amja

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah, chairing a National Policies Council (NPC) meeting on Monday, called for stricter health measures on all border crossings to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jordan.At the meeting, attended by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussei

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Monday emphasized that the arrangements which will be put in place during the Eid al-Fitr holiday must be consistent with safety and precautionary measures aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.The prime minister made the remarks as he cha

AMMONNEWS - The Cabinet on Sunday endorsed a set of guidelines streamlining the prospective resumption of work in the public sector after Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month, State Minister for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh announced.The manual is intended to prepare public sector servants to re

AMMONNEWS - The Government of Japan has announced a new contribution of US$2.2 million to support UNICEF’s work to keep children healthy, learning and protected during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to reduce the impact on the most vulnerable families.The funding will support UNICEF’s health and nut

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday stressed the importance of helping Jordanian farmers shift from traditional farming to value-added agricultural products and to target export markets.During a visit to a farm project with His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II,

AMMONNEWS - Mafraq Health Director, Dr. Hani Abu Oleim, said no Covid-19 cases were recorded in northern governorate, outside Al-Basiliya municipality borders.In press statements on Sunday, he added the cumulative total of samples, collected since the announcement of the Khanaseri's infection, e

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday reaffirmed the need to effectively utilise local resources, including potash derivatives that benefit the economy.During a visit to the Arab Potash Company (APC), accompanied by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, His Majest

AMMONNEWS - The Minister of Health, Saad Jaber, has announced that 18 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Jordan today.

AMMONNEWS - The government is temporarily quarantining truck drivers arriving in the Kingdom, as a precautionary measure, in the Azraq town, Zarqa, until a quarantine center is established, Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh said Saturday.In an NCSCM's briefing on COVID-19, Adaile

AMMONNEWS - The Royal Hashemite Court mourns the passing of Her Royal Highness Princess Badiya, daughter of King Ali bin Al Hussein, may her soul rest in peace. Princess Badiya passed away on Saturday, 9 May 2020 (16 Ramadan 1441), in London, at the age of 100.The Royal Hashemite Court extends i

AMMONNEWS - Seven homes in the North Jordan Valley region, Irbid, were isolated Saturday as an 11-year-old child tested positive for COVID-19, the Coronavirus Crisis Cell Executive Committee in Irbid said.Head of the Committee Radwan Otoom told Petra that the infected child contracted the virus

AMMONNEWS - The Karak Health Directorate confirmed on Saturday that the COVID-19 results of three out of six «Mafraq trucker» contacts returned back negative - a sigh of relief for authorities.Director of the Karak Health Directorate Dr. Ayman Tarawneh said that test results of the other three w

AMMONNEWS - Some 25 poor families in the Kasbah district in the southern Ma'an Governorate on Saturday received new housing units under a royal initiative to provide proper housing to underprivileged groups across the Kingdom.The initiative, which was launched in 2005, aims to provide a decent a

AMMONNEWS - The Minister of Health, Saad Jaber, has announced that 14 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Jordan today.Jaber said that the new cases are six truck drivers who were found infected at the Jordanian borders, of whom one is Jordanian. Among the new cases are a foreign diplomat a

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz Saturday chaired a meeting of the Coronavirus Crisis Cell at the National Center for Security and Crisis Management to discuss the situation of the pandemic in light of developments in the Kingdom that occurred in the last few days.During the meeting, which

AMMONNEWS - The Kingdom is affected by a state of air instability, with a relatively cold air mass causing temperatures to drop.Mercury will drop below the average levels, as relatively cold weather prevails in most areas, and rain showers forecast in separate areas across the Kingdom, Director

AMMONNEWS - Director of Zarqa Health Affairs, Dr. Mohammed Tahan, said the epidemiological investigation teams have collected 1150 random samples from citizens during the past three days to detect coronavirus.In a press statement to «Petra,» on Saturday, he said six epidemiological investigation

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi on Saturday reaffirmed the partnership between Jordan and the European Union.«We appreciate our partnership and the positions of the EU in support of peace and justice,» he said in a tweet on the occasion of Europe Day."Bes

AMMONNEWS - The number of coronavirus patients in the isolation ward at the King Abdullah University Hospital stood at 28, including six previous cases, according to Wael Hayajneh, member of the National Epidemiological Committee and rapporteur of the Irbid Executive Committee for Crisis Management.

AMMONNEWS - Minister of State for Media Affairs, Amjad Adaileh, has announced today that the Jordanian drivers arriving at the Al-Omari borders between Jordan and Saudi Arabia will be quarantined temporarily in military schools in Azraq area, until the construction of the main quarantine site is com

AMMONNEWS - Temperatures on Friday are forecast to increase, bringing warm weather in hilly areas and relatively hot weather to the rest of the Kingdom, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily update.As for tomorrow, the JMD forecast unstable weather conditions as temperatur

AMMONNEWS - The number of people who had direct contact with the infected truck driver who lives in the Al-Khanaseri town of Mafraq governorate is 140, Minister of Health, Dr. Saad Jaber said today during a visit to the governorate.Jaber confirmed that the situation in the Al-Khanaseri area is u

AMMONNEWS - A total of 16 flights carrying 2940 Jordanians arrived at the Queen Alia International Airport by Friday morning, Brig. Gen. Khaled Shantir, head of the airport’s security and protection department said.Today's three flights carried Jordanians who were stranded abroad during the COVI

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Health Saad Jabir announced 24 COVID-19 cases were reported in Jordan on Friday .

AMMONNEWS - The official overseeing the crisis in the northern governorates Wael Hayajneh announced that 29 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Mafraq .

AMMONNEWS - A student returning to the Kingdom from Russia has tested positive for coronavirus, Director-General of Prince Hamzah Hospital, Dr. Abdulrazzaq Khashman announced.In press statements, Khashman added that five students suspected of having the virus were tested and the results were neg

AMMONNEWS - Eleven COVID-19 cases were reported in Jordan on Thuresday, bringing the total to 484 since the outbreak of the pandemic in the Kingdom in early March, Minister of Health Saad Jabir announced.

AMMONNEWS - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, discussed in a phone call Thursday with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dundas, coordination and cooperation in facing the Covid-19 pandemic.In the call, the two FMs stressed solidarity in addressing the Covid-19 crisis's econom

AMMONNEWS - Minister of State for Media Affairs, Amjad Adaileh, announced that the Odd-even traffic system still in place and resume working in Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) trading next Sunday.

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday congratulated Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi on winning the vote of confidence at the Iraqi parliament.In a phone call, King Abdullah expressed pride in the deep, brotherly ties between the two countries and peoples, noting keenness to ex

AMMONNEWS - The official overseeing the crisis in the northern governorates Wael Hayajneh announced that twenty one new Covid-19 cases recorded in Mafraq .