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COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spread to Jordan on 2 March 2020, when the Ministry of Health confirmed the first case in the kingdom. As of May 2, Jordan had 460 confirmed cases, with 367 recovered and 9 deaths.

COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
DiseaseCOVID-19
LocationJordan
First outbreakWuhan, China
Index caseAmman
Arrival date2 March 2020
(4 years, 9 months and 3 weeks)
Confirmed cases540[1]
Active cases85
Recovered389[1]
Deaths
9[1]
Government website
corona.moh.gov.jo

Cases

On 2 March, the Prime Ministry of Jordan reported the first case of coronavirus in Jordan.[2][3] The Jordanian had returned from Italy two weeks prior, before quarantine procedures for Jordanians returning from Italy had been put in place.[2][4][5]

On 22 March, there were 13 additional cases confirmed, one of the cases was for a 19-year-old man who came from Britain, and 5 more cases from Irbid's wedding, and 6 cases for people who were in close contact with a nurse who was infected, including an 83-year-old woman who was in mild to moderate condition, and one of unknown origin, bringing the total of the cases to 112.[6]

Death

On 28 March, the first death resulting from COVID-19 was confirmed in the kingdom. An 83-year-old woman who was admitted to a private hospital suffering from many illnesses along with blood poisoning.[7] Later in the evening, the total confirmed cases rose to 246 after 11 new cases were confirmed. Of those 11, 5 cases came from Irbid, 1 individual who was in close contact with an infected person, 1 woman who was in close contact with her infected daughter that was visiting from Norway, 3 cases from those already quarantined in hotels (2 of which came from the UK and 1 came from Baghdad, and the final remaining case was of unknown origin/cause.

The health Minister announced that there were 3 cases in serious conditions.[8]

Infection rate

On 8 May, 8 new cases were confirmed until noon. These are also linked to the recent discovery of an infected driver a couple of days before in Mafraq.[9] 4 of these cases were reported in Ramtha.[10]

COVID-19 Pandemic In Jordan Media

  • Jordanian authorities close all tourist sites to prevent the spread of COVID-19

  • Number of cases (blue) and deaths (red) on a logarithmic scale.

  • Dead Sea Resorts used by Jordanian authorities to quarantine individuals suspected of being infected with COVID-19

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jordan's official covid-19 website homepage". corona.moh.gov.jo. 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "وكالة الانباء الاردنية". petra.gov.jo. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com.
  4. ↑ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com.
  5. ↑ "First Jordanian infected with coronavirus says he is recovering, cautions others" (in en). english.alarabiya.net. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2020/03/04/First-Jordanian-infected-with-coronavirus-says-he-is-recovering-cautions-others.html. Retrieved 12 March 2020. 
  6. ↑ "أزمة_كورونا". 112 إصابة في الأردن ومسنة حالتها متوسطة إلى سيئة (in العربية). Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  7. ↑ "أزمة_كورونا". أول وفاة بفيروس كورونا لمُسِنة في الأردن (in العربية). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  8. ↑ "أزمة_كورونا" (in ar). 11 حالة جديدة مصابة بالفيروس سجلت في الأردن. https://www.almamlakatv.com/news/11-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3-%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-36526. Retrieved 2020-05-14. 
  9. ↑ "أزمة_كورونا". 29 إصابة بالفيروس لمخالطي سائق الشاحنة في المفرق (in العربية). Retrieved 2020-05-08.[dead link]
  10. ↑ "تسجيل 4 اصابات جديدة بكورونا في الرمثا". رؤيا الأخباري (in العربية). Retrieved 2020-05-08.
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