Monday, the Director General of the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) Nizar Muhaidat told Jordan TV that the JFDA issued an emergency use authorization for the Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine.

This makes Sinovac the ninth vaccine to get approved in the Kingdom, according to Muhaidat.

Jordan began its national vaccination campaign, using the Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinopharm vaccines on Jan. 13.

Jordan recorded 15 deaths and 976 new coronavirus cases Monday.