The Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) approved the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use. This makes AstraZeneca the third vaccine to get approved in the Kingdom after the Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinopharm vaccines.

Jordan began its national vaccination campaign, using the Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinopharm vaccines on Jan. 13. On Feb. 4, the Kingdom's health directorates began administering the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Jordan.

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