A member of the Epidemics Committee, Munir Abu Hilala said Friday during Roya's news bulletin that Jordan is following every development that occurs in the treatment protocol for coronavirus patients in order to reduce the number of critical cases and deaths.

He added that Jordan is trying to obtain medication to treat patients, however a number of them are missing due to the high global demand, indicating that these drugs reduce the number of deaths by 20-30 percent.

Abu Hilala noted that these drugs are not available in most hospitals in Jordan, stressing that the government is seeking to secure a number of them.

Abu Hilala expressed his optimism that Jordan will be able to reach "a safe summer", due to the decrease in the number of daily infections, the decrease in the percentage of positive PCR tests, and the high number of hospital discharges compared to the number of admissions.

He said that there are several steps that must be taken before reaching a safe summer, including the availability of vaccines in sufficient quantities, and how to distribute them.

Abu Hilala called for finding other ways to register on the Ministry of Health platform dedicated to coronavirus jabs. He said that the matter should be referred to the Civil Status Department, which can identify people over 60 years old.

Another option is to access e-records of the Ministry of Health, in addition to the records of hospitals and private clinics.

Abu Hilala encouraged citizens and residents to take the vaccines in order to reduce deaths from the virus, stressing that the vaccine protects against the development of moderate and severe COVID-19 cases.

He warned against abstaining from taking other vaccines in the Kingdom, citing the low demand for vaccines for polio or measles.

Abu Hilala noted that there is a decrease in the rate of demand for children's vaccinations as well, as it is less than 80 percent in Jordan and 60 percent in Zarqa.

The reason for these decreased rates for general child vaccinations is rumors surrounding the dangers of COVID-19 vaccines, said Abu Hilala.

He criticized these rumors about vaccine safety, which negatively affect citizens' demand not only for coronavirus vaccines, but for the rest of the vaccines too.

Abu Hilala attributed the low demand for children vaccinations to the fact that some health centers prevent the entry of families without conducting a PCR tests, which leads them not to vaccinate their children and leave these centers.

He called on the Ministry of Health to reconsider this procedure by making PCR tests mandatory for visitors, guardians and parents who take their children to health centers and hospitals for general vaccinations.