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Jordan enters a new 48-hour nationwide curfew

The country of some 10 million people nearly doubled its total of coronavirus cases in the space of a week.
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Jordan is starting two-day lockdowns this weekend amid a surge in new coronavirus cases that are pushing overburdened hospitals to the limit.

In the past week, the country of nearly 10 million people has registered around 10,000 cases, Reuters reported. This is nearly double the number of cases the country had previously recorded since the pandemic began.

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