Jordan imposed 48-hour nationwide coronavirus lockdown
Jordan entered a nationwide 48-hour imprisonment beginning on Fri for the primary time in months as health officers worry a spike in coronavirus infections may threaten its stretched health care system, officials said.
The country has seen what officials say an “exponential” rise, with regarding 10,000 cases confirmed in precisely over per week — a near-doubling of the whole variety of infections since the first cases in early March and a reversal of what had been among very cheap infection and death rates within the Middle East.
In its latest bulletin on Thursday, the Health Ministry reportable 1,317 new cases and thirteen more fatalities, transportation the whole variety of infections to 21,517 and a hundred and forty four deaths.
Senior officers are troubled to avoid a broader imprisonment that the hard-hit economy will unwell afford. The IMF forecasts the economy, that was struggling even before the health crisis, can shrink six % this year, the primary contraction since 1990.
“The final thing we would like may be a complete lockdown for 2 we have a tendency toeks or 3 weeks, we don’t want to succeed in this … It remains the last weapon if cases rise improbably high and result in our hospitals being overwhelmed,” Health Minister Saad Jaber told state tv this week.
The community spread of the virus has forced authorities to keep up the closure of faculties for 2 million pupils, once a quick commencement of lessons at the beginning of last month.
