AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health on Wednesday published a list of public health centers which will house fixed coronavirus testing stations as part of a larger scheme that will see the designation of 150 fixed testing stations across the Kingdom.Health Ministry Assistant Secretary-General for

AMMONNEWS - Governor of Jerash, Firas Abu Qaoud, has decided on Wednesday, to extend the isolation imposed on the town of Marsa'a in the northern governorate until next Sunday morning.The governor said the extension decision was aimed to ensure improvement in the isolated town's epidemiological

AMMONNEWS - The weather on Tuesday is expected to be moderate in most parts of the Kingdom, and relatively hot in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and Aqaba, with clouds at various altitudes and northwesterly moderate to brisk winds, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD).A sligh

AMMONNEWS - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission chief for Jordan Ali Abbas said Tuesday that the fund will take into account new data Jordan issued while revising the October 2020 IMF World Economic Outlook.In a statement to the Jordan News Agency (Petra) on Tuesday, Abbas said: "The m

AMMONNEWS - State Minister for Media Affairs Ali Al Ayed announced Tuesday that a comprehensive lockdown in all of the Kingdom's governorates will continue on Friday and Saturday.Al Ayed, who is also official government spokesman, said that the decision was based on the recommendation of the Cri

AMMONNEWS - A whopping 2,054 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Jordan on Tuesday, pushing the caseload to more than 28,127, according to a statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health (MoH).Amman recorded the majority of cases with at least 1,357, followed by Zarqa that record

AMMONNEWS - At least 1,147 COVID-19 infections were recorded in Jordan on Sunday, bringing the caseload to some 26,073, according to a statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health (MoH).Amman recorded 647 cases, the majority of newly reported cases, followed by Karak that re

AMMONNEWS - The Cabinet appointed Minister of State for Media Affairs Ali Ayed the new Government Spokesperson on Monday.

AMMONNEWS - The government will be more open to media, and adopt a fully transparent and objective approach in addressing citizens, Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh vowed Monday.The newly appointed Premier said his remarks following the newly appointed ministers' Oath of Office ceremony as he tol

AMMONNEWS - Temperatures on Monday are expected to mark few degrees above their annual average, but moderate weathr will prevail in the highlands and plains, while it will be relatively hot in other parts of the Kingdom, with northwesterly moderate winds, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) s

AMMONNEWS - Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh and members of his cabinet were sworn in on Monday before King Abdullah II of JordanKhasawneh, a veteran diplomat and former advisor to the king for policies, media, and coordination, was appointed after former Prime Minister Omar Razzaz and

AMMONNEWS - A Royal Decree has been issued, approving new cabinet . Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh and members of his cabinet were sworn in on Monday before King Abdullah II of Jordan.Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates: Ayman Al-SafadiMinister of Political and Parliam

AMMONNEWS - A Royal Decree has been issued, appointing Haifa Khraisha as adviser to His Majesty for policies, as of 8 October 2020.

AMMONNEWS - There is no scientific evidence that backs the claims that the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) can be found in surface or groundwater or transmitted through drinking water, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation said on Sunday.In a statement, the ministry said coordination with the World H

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health announced 928 new Covid-19 cases, including 923 local infections, were recorded in the Kingdom, bringing the total caseload to 24926.According to the media statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health, 10 virus-related fatalities were als

AMMONNEWS - Based on the recommendation made by 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 Sunday to extend the comprehensive curfew and isolation decision on A

AMMONNEWS - The media spokesperson for the Independent Election Commission (IEC), Jihad Al-Momani, said the commission hasn't turned down any candidacy applications at the list level.The IEC has asked some candidate lists to alter their generic names for various reasons, primarily to prevent rep

AMMONNEWS - Britain will explore every avenue for a trade deal with the European Union but progress to bridge significant gaps needs to be made in the coming days, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday.Johnson has set a deadline of the October 15

AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health said Saturday that its recorded 15 fatalities from the novel coronavirus in the Kingdom, bringing the death toll since the outbreak of the pandemic to 181.According to the media brief issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health, 1,235 COVID-19 cases

AMMONNEWS - Relatively hot weather is forecast in the highlands across the Kingdom on Saturday despite a slight drop in mercury levels, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily forecast.Another slight drop in temperatures is expected on Sunday, but it will remain 3 to 4 degr

AMMONNEWS - Jordan's pharmaceutical and medical supplies industries have gained footing in more than 90 countries across the globe, accounting for 9 percent of the Kingdom's exports in 2019, according to the Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI).The value of the annual output of the pharmaceutical an

AMMONNEWS - Jordan on Saturday welcomed an agreement between Iraq's federal government and the country's Kurdistan Region (KRG) on the status of Sinjar in the northern Nineveh province.In a statement, Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Daifallah al-Fayez voiced Jordan

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister-designate Bishr Khasawneh on Thursday met with President of the Senate Faisal Al-Fayez, kicking off consultations over the formation of the new government.During the meeting, Al-Fayez affirmed the Senate’s commitment to cooperating with the next government to serve ci

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah has sent a cable to Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, congratulating him on being named crown prince of Kuwait.In the cable, King Abdullah noted the historical, brotherly ties between Jordan and Kuwait, and keenness to advance them and expand coopera

AMMONNEWS - Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ambassador Saja Majali, Thursday, received a copy of the credentials of the new resident ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom, Henry Wooster.During a meeting, Majali wished the envoy well in his mission,

AMMONNEWS - The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army and security agencies on Thursday started to deploy across the Kingdom to enforce a 48-hour blanket lockdown on Friday and Saturday.The closure, which will start 12:00am this night, is part of the ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic and it

AMMONNEWS - Jordan has recorded 13 deaths and 1,317 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, 1,312 of which are local cases, bringing the total of cases since the beginning of the crisis to 21,517, a statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Health Ministry said.The local cases include 895 in Amm

AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Wednesday said the state is «moving to control the inputs of the health process, employ the capabilities and resources available in all sectors in an integrated manner to control and limit the spread of the [Covid-19] pandemic».The magnitude of the chall

AMMONNEWS - A total of 1,199 new coronavirus cases and 9 deaths were recorded on Wednesday across the Kingdom, according to a joint daily brief by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health.The majority of today’s cases were registered in the capital which accounted for 870 infections, the st

AMMONNEWS - The joint inspection teams on establishments in the Kingdom's various regions are intensifying their field tours to ensure compliance with public safety measures, and Defense Order 11, to enhance the efforts made to address the Covid-19 pandemic.According to the daily monitoring repo

AMMONNEWS - It will no longer be mandatory for arrivals in the Kingdom to wait for the results of the COVID-19 test to come out as a prerequisite to leave the airports into the country, the ad hoc committee on operating organized flights to the Kingdom said Wednesday.Arrivals will receive SMS m

AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah II tasks Bisher Khasawneh with forming a new Cabinet.

AMMONNEWS - Jordan recorded 1,507 COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths on Tuesday, pushing the caseload to 19,000, Minister of Health Saad Jaber told journalists at the Prime Ministry.Amman, which saw the majority of infections, recorded 812 cases, followed by Balqa, with 234 cases, Minister of Health S

AMMONNEWS - Jordanian authorities are imposing a country-wide, 48-hour curfew starting Thursday midnight through Saturday, Director of the Coronavirus Crisis Management Cell, Mazen Faraya said Tuesday.In a briefing on the developments of the epidemiological situation in the Prime Ministry, Faray

AMMONNEWS - In-school learning will be suspended across the Kingdom starting Friday until further notice, Minister of Education Tayseer Noaimi said Tuesday.In a briefing on the developments of the epidemiological situation at the Prime Ministry, Noaimi said that complimentary exams for secondary