Day: October 10, 2021

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Joramco to participate in MRO Europe 2021

The Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Limited (Joramco) announced Sunday that it will be exhibiting at MRO Europe 2021, the premier annual European conference and exhibition for the industry.

In a statement, this year it will be held from October 20 to 21 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Over two days of networking, Joramco will be seeking out strategic business opportunities and work to generate new business leads, forge new partnerships, and strengthen existing relationships.

Fraser Currie, newly appointed CEO of Joramco, will be sharing his real-world insights into transformation and growth in a post-pandemic landscape at the Go Live! Currie will be speaking about how the company as an independent actor are meeting challenges and the needs of aircraft operators as the sector recovers and adapts.

Joramco will participate in the tradeshow, running concurrent with the conference, featuring more than 400 international exhibitors at the cutting edge of the industry showcasing their state-of-the-art engineering and maintenance solutions.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Hamarneh named new JMI head

Board of Directors of Jordan Media Institute (JMI) decided to appoint Dr. Mustafa Hamarneh, as its new CEO, starting October 1.

Princess Rym Ali, the JMI’s founder, wished Hamarneh success during his tenure, according to a press statement issued Sunday.

The statement added that Hamarneh has contributed to many research projects related to public policy affairs in the Middle East and North Africa, and has “extensive” management expertise, which would contribute to the JMI’s new modernization drive.

JMI, an Amman-based independent, non-profit educational institution, seeks to develop the media workers’ performance in Jordan and the Arab region, and provides training programs to future journalists. The institute also offers a Master’s program in journalism and modern media in Arabic.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Health

UK reports 38 COVID fatalities

The UK’s health department Sunday reported 38 COVID-19 deaths, as the death toll stands at 137,735.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said 34,574 people tested positive for the highly contagious lung disease, taking the caseload across the UK tops 8 million.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Health

9 new virus deaths, 1,072 cases recorded Sunday

Nine coronavirus deaths and 1,072 infections were recorded across the Kingdom Sunday, bringing the death toll from the pandemic to 10,811 and the total number of cases to 833,471, the Health Ministry said.

It said in its daily brief that positive Covid-19 tests were today at 3.91 per cent and the number of currently active cases reached 13,688, including 67 that were admitted to hospitals, while 34 were discharged. A total of 473 confirmed cases are currently hospitalized, it added.

According to the report, the occupancy rate of isolation beds in the northern region was 9 per cent, intensive care beds 28 per cent and respirators 10 per cent.

In the central region, the occupancy rate of isolation beds was 13 per cent, intensive care beds 22 per cent and respirators 7 per cent, it said.

In the southern region, the occupancy rate of isolation beds was 8 per cent, intensive care beds 16 per cent and respirators 14 per cent, it added.

The daily brief indicated that 1,015 Covid-19 patients have recovered, bringing the total number of expected recoveries after the end of the two-week isolation period to 808,972.

It also stated that 27,452 PCR tests were collected today, bringing the total number of examinations conducted since the beginning of the pandemic to 10,341,403.

It said that the number of people who got the first vaccine shot climbed to 3,784,104 and those who were double-jabbed rose to 3,369,508.

Source: Jordan News Agency