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.
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.
Today, the Health Ministry announced 13 more COVID-19 fatalities, bringing the country's death toll to 144. With the addition of 1,317 infections, the country’s total number of cases stands at 21,517.
Mazen Faraiah, the director of operations for the National Center for Security and Crisis Management’s crisis cell, said the only categories of people allowed to leave their homes during the curfew hours are epidemiological investigators, health care workers and a small group of essential employees.
