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People wait at the main entrance of the Prince Hashem bin Hussein field hospital, Jordan's first Covid-19 field hospital, in the city of Zarqa. AFP
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Dr Adel Belbaisi, Executive Director Advisor of Global Health Development, has been working with Jordan's Ministry of Health in the Kingdom's Covid-19 response. Amy McConaghy/The National
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Public health expert Dr Adel Belbaisi speaks with The National on Jordan's upcoming vaccination programme. Amy McConaghy/The National
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Public health expert Dr Adel Belbaisi speaks with The National on Jordan's upcoming vaccination programme. Amy McConaghy/The National
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The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrives at Jordan's Queen Alia international airport in Amman on January 11, 2021. AFP
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The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrives at Jordan's Queen Alia international airport in Amman on January 11, 2021. AFP
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Workers unload the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines arriving in Amman on January 9, 2021. Reuters
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A member of the Jordanian health ministry's epidemiological investigation team, takes a random nasal swab to test for Covid-19, from a man leaving the King Abdullah I mosque following the Friday noon prayers, in the capital Amman, on December 18, 2020. AFP
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A member of the Jordanian health ministry's epidemiological investigation team, takes a random nasal swab to test for Covid-19, from a man leaving the King Abdullah I mosque following the Friday noon prayers, in the capital Amman, on December 18, 2020. AFP
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Jordan's King Abdullah II attends the inauguration of a military field hospital for Covid-19 patients in Irbid Governorate. AFP
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People wait at the main entrance of the Prince Hashem bin Hussein field hospital, Jordan's first Covid-19 field hospital, in the city of Zarqa. AFP
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Dr Adel Belbaisi, Executive Director Advisor of Global Health Development, has been working with Jordan's Ministry of Health in the Kingdom's Covid-19 response. Amy McConaghy/The National
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Public health expert Dr Adel Belbaisi speaks with The National on Jordan's upcoming vaccination programme. Amy McConaghy/The National
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Public health expert Dr Adel Belbaisi speaks with The National on Jordan's upcoming vaccination programme. Amy McConaghy/The National
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The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrives at Jordan's Queen Alia international airport in Amman on January 11, 2021. AFP
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The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrives at Jordan's Queen Alia international airport in Amman on January 11, 2021. AFP
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Workers unload the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines arriving in Amman on January 9, 2021. Reuters
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A member of the Jordanian health ministry's epidemiological investigation team, takes a random nasal swab to test for Covid-19, from a man leaving the King Abdullah I mosque following the Friday noon prayers, in the capital Amman, on December 18, 2020. AFP
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A member of the Jordanian health ministry's epidemiological investigation team, takes a random nasal swab to test for Covid-19, from a man leaving the King Abdullah I mosque following the Friday noon prayers, in the capital Amman, on December 18, 2020. AFP
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Jordan's King Abdullah II attends the inauguration of a military field hospital for Covid-19 patients in Irbid Governorate. AFP
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People wait at the main entrance of the Prince Hashem bin Hussein field hospital, Jordan's first Covid-19 field hospital, in the city of Zarqa. AFP
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He says Covid vaccines should be distributed fairly so that poor countries are not left behind
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