His Majesty King Abdullah II inaugurated the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Field Hospital in Aqaba. It’s the fourth military field hospital to be established since December.

While the hospitals were originally constructed to treat COVID-19 patients, the hospitals will now treat patients with several illnesses. The hospitals have a combined capacity of 1,174 beds, 248 of which are for ICU patients.

Sources revealed more information about the young woman who was violently beaten with a gas pipe by her brothers in late December. An initial statement by the PSD said the woman was beaten by her brothers due to ‘differences’ but a source told Roya today that the brothers beat her after they found her talking on the phone.

The brothers then chained their sister in the bathroom, where she was unconscious and unattended for 24 hours before being taken to a hospital. Once there, the family told police that the sister simply ‘fell,’ however the judiciary did not believe the story, and the two brothers have since been arrested, and are awaiting a verdict.

A Jordanian doctor in Libya lost his battle with COVID-19 in the early hours of the morning, making him the 29th Jordanian doctor to have died from the virus.

The doctor, Munther al-Zaben, was admitted to the ICU in Libya after having a stroke, after which his family contacted Roya for help, demanding his transfer to Jordan after his health condition deteriorated.

The official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the ministry was planning to send a plane to transport the patient back to Amman for treatment, after they were informed by the Jordanian community in Libya that his health condition was 'very bad.'
Egypt began its nationwide vaccine campaign, becoming the 7th Arab country to do so.

According to Saturday statements by President Sisi, Egypt will give priority to medical workers, followed by those with chronic illnesses, and then the elderly.

Like Jordan, Egypt will be utilizing the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm, which is said to be 79 percent effective.
Earlier this month, the Egyptian Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, announced that Egypt will also receive 40 million doses, the majority of which are from the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, through the Gavi Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, with the aim of vaccinating 20 percent of the 100 million person population.

Like many countries, Egypt experienced a sharp incline in the number of daily cases after the holidays, but has since seen a decline. The country averages around 800 new cases a day, relatively low for a population of 100 million.

However, health officials warn that the low testing rate means that the true number of infections may be at least ten times higher.

Syria introduced a new 5,000 pound bank note, after four years of development. Unfortunately, within those four years, the Syrian pound has devalued greatly, so much so that the new note is only worth about four dollars at day’s official rate.

The official page of the Central Bank of Syria published a picture of the new note, with a picture of a Syrian soldier saluting the flag, along with a fresco from the Baal Shemin Temple in the ancient city of Palmyra.

The central bank’s decision comes three years after it launched a 2,000-pound note bearing a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Temperatures tomorrow are expected to be warmer than today and three degrees above average for January.