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Curfew to End in Jordan as COVID Cases Drop

Security officers during curfew in Amman | Photo: AFP
Security officers during curfew in Amman | Photo: AFP
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Curfew to End in Jordan as COVID Cases Drop

Security officers during curfew in Amman | Photo: AFP
Security officers during curfew in Amman | Photo: AFP

Fifteen COVID-19 deaths and 1,227 infections, were recorded on Saturday, bringing the caseload to 23,998, the Jordanian government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom's death toll to 181, according to a statement by the Health Ministry.

Observers expressed surprise towards the drop in infection cases during the full curfew imposed on the weekend, following opposite expectations.

Social media activists doubted the accuracy of figures announced by the Health Ministry.

In this context, former Health Minister Saad Jaber admitted to having mistakes in the data entry leading to inaccurate statistics.

The highest tallies are found in the highly populated cities in the governates of Zarqa, Irbid, and Kerak.

Last week, the kingdom saw a sharp rise in cases recording 8,366 local cases and 75 deaths. During the same period, a total of 132,883 tests were carried out.

Jordanians had to remain home during the weekend due to a curfew imposed by the authorities and overseen by the Jordanian Armed Forces on the cities’ main entrances and exits. Meanwhile, the Public Security oversaw residential areas.

The curfew ends on Sunday morning, but the night curfew will remain in place.

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Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Visits Military Positions in the Country's South

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)
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Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Visits Military Positions in the Country's South

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has begun a tour of military positions in the country’s south, almost a month after a ceasefire deal that ended the war between Israel and the Hezbollah group that battered the country.
Najib Mikati on Monday was on his first visit to the southern frontlines, where Lebanese soldiers under the US-brokered deal are expected to gradually deploy, with Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops both expected to withdraw by the end of next month, The Associated Press said.
Mikati’s tour comes after the Lebanese government expressed its frustration over ongoing Israeli strikes and overflights in the country.
“We have many tasks ahead of us, the most important being the enemy's (Israel's) withdrawal from all the lands it encroached on during its recent aggression,” he said after meeting with army chief Joseph Aoun in a Lebanese military barracks in the southeastern town of Marjayoun. “Then the army can carry out its tasks in full.”
The Lebanese military for years has relied on financial aid to stay functional, primarily from the United States and other Western countries. Lebanon’s cash-strapped government is hoping that the war’s end and ceasefire deal will bring about more funding to increase the military’s capacity to deploy in the south, where Hezbollah’s armed units were notably present.
Though they were not active combatants, the Lebanese military said that dozens of its soldiers were killed in Israeli strikes on their premises or patrolling convoys in the south. The Israeli army acknowledged some of these attacks.