Jordan News

The Independent Electoral Commission said today, Saturday, that it will not request a certificate of receiving the anti-coronavirus vaccine from voters in the local elections next Tuesday.

She indicated, according to what was stated by a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Independent Election Commission, Jihad al-Momani, that not requesting testimony “does not violate Defense Order 35.

Al-Momani confirmed: “It does not violate Defense Order 35,” adding that the polling stations are not overcrowded places, but rather rooms that observe physical distancing.

In January 2022, Defense Order No. (35) of 2021, which includes new procedures for dealing with the developments of the epidemiological situation, entered into force.

And based on the new defense order, a public sector employee, or a worker in private sector facilities, is not allowed to join work unless he receives two doses of the protective vaccine against Corona, and the days in which he is not allowed to work or work are deducted from his annual leave balance, and if his annual leave balance is exhausted. He is considered to be on leave without pay and allowances, and during this period he is not entitled to any salary, bonus or reward.

No person over 18 years of age is allowed to review any of the ministries, government departments, official institutions or public institutions, or enter any of the private sector facilities, unless he has received two doses of the vaccine, except for those who visit hospitals and health centers in emergency cases.

An employee who allows any person to enter public sector institutions, except for hospitals and health centers in emergency cases, without receiving a vaccine, for those over the age of 18, shall be subject to disciplinary penalties stipulated in the civil service system.

A private sector facility that allows an employee in the facility to join work without receiving a vaccine will be closed for a week if the violation is for the first time and for two weeks in the event of a repeat violation, and the closed facility will be reopened if the violation is corrected.