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In his address to parliament, Bisher al-Khasawneh did not say when Jordan would receive the vaccines, but health ministry officials have said they expect the first supplies from the US company to arrive in February.
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Jordan has struck a deal with Pfizer and partner BioNTech to buy 1 million doses of their COVID-19
In his address to parliament, Bisher al-Khasawneh did not say when Jordan would receive the vaccines, but health ministry officials have said they expect the first supplies from the US company to arrive in February.
The COVAX programme is a WHO scheme to vaccinate people in poor and middle income countries around the world against the coronavirus
Khawasneh told parliament that Jordan’s health care system had tripled in capacity…