Ministry of Health begins 'drive-thru vaccinations'

Wednesday, the Ministry of Health announced that it started a "drive-thru vaccination" procedure, wherein those who receive coronavirus jabs will not have to get out of their vehicles.

The drive-thru vaccination is located at the vaccination center at Al-Hussein Sports City in Amman.

A National Center for Security and Crisis Management member Ola Haddad, said that the aim of the service is to reduce time spent at a center and provide comfort for citizens, while taking into account those with special needs and the elderly.

In turn, she added that the drive-thru will help reduce pressure on centers, pointing out that this service is experimental and after its success it will most probably be established in more than one site.

A member of the response team at the Ministry of Health at the 'Ya Hala' hall in Al-Hussein Sports City, Khaled Akram, said that the center provides 12 vaccination lines, two of which are drive-thru's  for the elderly.

He added that the team for vaccination consists of nursing staff and a doctor, in addition to a civil defense unit car, pointing out that the vaccine recipient is required to wait in a designated garage for 15 minutes to monitor their health after receiving the vaccine.

Feb. 6, the Ministry of Health esablished two COVID-19 vaccination centers inside Al-Hussein Sport City in Amman. This aimed to increase the number of vaccination centers in Jordan.

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Tuesday, the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) authorized the emergency use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.