Coronavirus

The project is in cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Health. It is funded by the European Commission, within the framework of Horizon Europe. The project aims to support the global response to the Corona virus and future epidemics by evaluating the spread and impact of emerging variants of the Corona virus and its branching strains. Data of 28 groups of people will be collected from patients distributed in different regions of the world.

The researchers from the university, Dr. Faisal Awartani (as a main author), Dr. Nawar Qutub, and Prof. Dr. Mohammad Asia, cooperated to publish the research on the prevalence of antibodies to the Corona virus in the Palestinian society and the factors affecting it in the internationally refereed journal Vaccines.

The events started by receiving Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azer- the Head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Lands, Major General Akram Rjoub- Jenin Governor, Mr. Semon Awad- the CEO of the Environment Education Center and Mr. Abdelbasit Khalaf- the Director of the office of the Ministry of Media in Jenin as in their reception was Dr. Muayad Abusaa- the VP for Academic Affairs, Prof. Mohammad Asia- the VP for Medical Schools Affairs and Mr. Fadi Jumaa- the Public Relations Department Manager.