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Syria Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations with Healthcare Workers

A Syrian worker disinfects a street to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Damascus, Syria, August 3, 2020. (SANA via AP)
A Syrian worker disinfects a street to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Damascus, Syria, August 3, 2020. (SANA via AP)
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Syria Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations with Healthcare Workers

A Syrian worker disinfects a street to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Damascus, Syria, August 3, 2020. (SANA via AP)
A Syrian worker disinfects a street to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Damascus, Syria, August 3, 2020. (SANA via AP)

Syria’s health ministry said on Monday it had started administering COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline healthcare workers.

“For the second day in a row COVID-19 vaccinations are being given to frontline healthcare workers that are working within coronavirus isolation centers across governorates,” a ministry statement said.

The statement did not make clear what type of vaccine Syria had acquired or the quantity.

Syria had said on Thursday it had received vaccinations from a “friendly country” that it did not name.

Health officials had said Syria was engaged with Russia and China on vaccines but no bilateral deals have been announced.

The health ministry detected a rise in infections recently, the statement said.

Syria had recorded 15,588 coronavirus cases with 1,027 deaths up to Sunday.

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Jordan Rejects Attempts of 'Some Parties' to Violate its Airspace

Projectile flies in the sky over Jordan after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel, as seen from Amman, Jordan October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jehad Shelbak
Projectile flies in the sky over Jordan after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel, as seen from Amman, Jordan October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jehad Shelbak
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Jordan Rejects Attempts of 'Some Parties' to Violate its Airspace

Projectile flies in the sky over Jordan after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel, as seen from Amman, Jordan October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jehad Shelbak
Projectile flies in the sky over Jordan after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel, as seen from Amman, Jordan October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jehad Shelbak

Jordan rejected on Saturday all attempts to involve the country in the regional conflict by violating its airspace, Petra, the news agency of Jordan said on Saturday.
Jordan’s government official spokesperson, Dr. Mohammed al-Momani stressed in a statement that Jordan rejects attempts by “some parties in the region” to violate its airspace, especially by launching drones.
He said some of these drones have entered the Kingdom's airspace and parts and structures of which fell inside Jordanian territory recently.
He described these breaches as a significant "threat", assuring that Jordan’s armed forces will not hesitate to address such breaches according to its military rules of engagement.
The Kingdom is implementing all "necessary" measures to confront these violations effectively, Momani said.
Over the past two months, an exchange of projectiles between Iran and Iraqi factions on one side, and Israel on the other, flew in the sky over Jordan. Jordan is located at the midpoint between the two.