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People wearing protective masks and practicing social distancing attend a mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart, while participating in Christmas celebrations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Amman, Jordan, on December 24, 2020.
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Cairo: Jordan will receive 1 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, said the kingdom’s health minister, Nazir Obeidat.
“One million doses will come to Jordan from Pfizer, but in batches,” he told Roya TV.
The first batch of the vaccine will arrive in the kingdom next month or early February, he added.
The vaccination will be provided free of charge to Jordanians and foreign residents.
Last week, Jordan opened the registry to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. However, priority will be given to health workers, those with chronic diseases and people over 60 years of age.
About 40,000 people have so far registered for the vaccine, according to Obeidat.
He ruled out going back to normal life in one go.
“The relaxation of restrictions against the coronavirus, when taken, will be gradual and studied,” the official said.
On Sunday, Jordan confirmed two cases of a new strain of the coronavirus in a man and his wife from Great Britain.
Jordan, a country of around 10.7 million, has so far recorded a tally of 289,748 virus cases and 3,778 related deaths.
