Новости за 28.01.2020

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah’s several-day tour in the southern region included, on Monday, a visit to Mudawara area in Maan Governorate, where His Majesty launched a number of agricultural projects, to be established on an area of 25,000 dunums that benefit from 25 water wells in Mudawara, with the aim of empowering the local community.

WUHAN, China — China's capital on Monday recorded its first death from a deadly coronavirus as it struggles to contain a rapidly spreading disease that has sparked global alarm, with countries scrambling to evacuate their citizens from the epicentre of the epidemic.

NEAR MAARET AL NUMAN, Syria — The Syrian army was poised Monday to enter Maaret Al Numan, a town of symbolic and strategic importance in the country's last major opposition bastion that is deserted after months of bombardment.

AMMAN — A total of 9,132 apartments of all sizes were sold from October 21 to December 31 of 2019, estimated at a total value of JD526 million, according to the Department of Land and Survey (DLS). 

AMMAN — The use of technology in various fields, especially in the field of healthcare, “greatly contributes” to accessing and updating information efficiently, thereby promoting the delivery of health and other services to citizens, said Secretary-General of the Higher Population Council (HPC) and President of the Arab Council for Population and Development Abla Amawi. 

AMMAN — The Ministry of Health on Monday refuted claims that the coronavirus has reached Jordan after rumours circulated that a Chinese national in Karak was infected with the virus, declaring the individual “clear of any infection”.