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Ammon News - The government will study revoke Defense Law No. (13) of 1992 in the coming days, after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that Covid-19 pandemic is no longer a global health emergency, Minister of Government Communication, Faisal Shboul, said.

During a phone intervention with Al-Mamlaka TV news bulletin Friday evening, Shboul noted the defense law is a "permanent" legislation, which is reinstated to face emergency circumstances according to a special mechanism, set by a Cabinet decision and approved by a Royal decree and is revoked with the same measures.

Shboul, who is also the government spokesperson, added that the law has been in place for three years, noting multiple defense orders and their executive communiqués were issued during its implementation, as Jordan, like all countries of the world, began with curfews, and then gradually opened sectors.

Life has returned to normal in the Kingdom and there are no longer any pandemic-related restrictions since last year, he noted.

Shboul noted that defense orders are now almost no longer applicable under the Defense Law, but there are impacts that the government will review in relation to defense orders and issued communiques, such as Defense Order No. (6).

Shboul affirmed Defense Law revocation means returning life to pre-Covid conditions, and the pre-pandemic laws in force will be applied, indicating that the philosophy of Defense Law is based on halting some articles of other laws to face an emergency circumstance, aimed to sustain public life and preserve citizens' lives.

WHO's declaration that Covid-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a global health emergency does not necessarily mean the disease's end, but rather it will become a communicable disease similar to influenza, according to the classification of Ministry of Health and National Committee for Epidemics Control, Shboul said.

In his intervention, Shboul lauded citizens' awareness and their response to health instructions and requirements during the pandemic, hailing role of Jordan's health system, whose capabilities have tripled and has "sufficient" experience to deal with pandemics.