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Jordan Records Highest Daily Spike In COVID-19 Cases

Muslims take part in Friday prayers at Al Husseini Mosque, amid fears over rising numbers of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Amman, Jordan October 30, 2020.Image Credit: Reuters
Muslims take part in Friday prayers at Al Husseini Mosque, amid fears over rising numbers of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Amman, Jordan October 30, 2020.Image Credit: Reuters
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Jordan Records Highest Daily Spike In COVID-19 Cases

Muslims take part in Friday prayers at Al Husseini Mosque, amid fears over rising numbers of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Amman, Jordan October 30, 2020.Image Credit: Reuters
Muslims take part in Friday prayers at Al Husseini Mosque, amid fears over rising numbers of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Amman, Jordan October 30, 2020.Image Credit: Reuters

Jordan on Monday recorded 5,877 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily spike in the country so far, raising the tally to 81,743.

Up to 3,361 cases were reported in Amman, 623 in Irbid, and 884 in Zarqa. The remaining cases were distributed in other provinces.

Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus climbed to 913 as 47 more fatalities were announced on Monday.

A total of 33,846 PCR tests have been conducted, which is a dramatic increase in daily tests throughout the kingdom.

Last Saturday, the virus claimed the lives of nine doctors, pushing medical professionals to demand a guarantee for their safety, given that they are in direct contact with a big number of infections daily.

For its part, the Jordanian Doctors Syndicate complained against the shortage of cadres in hospital dedicated to treat COVID-19 patients. This caused exhaustion among the health sector staff and widespread infections among doctors and nurses.

Some Jordanian doctors created groups on social media networks to give a glance of the challenges they are facing.

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Türkiye Says Over 25,0000 Syrians Returned Home Since Assad's Fall

(FILES) Syrians living in Türkiye push a cart loaded with their furniture at the Cilvegozu border crossing gate in Reyhanli on December 12, 2024, on their way back to their country. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
(FILES) Syrians living in Türkiye push a cart loaded with their furniture at the Cilvegozu border crossing gate in Reyhanli on December 12, 2024, on their way back to their country. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
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Türkiye Says Over 25,0000 Syrians Returned Home Since Assad's Fall

(FILES) Syrians living in Türkiye push a cart loaded with their furniture at the Cilvegozu border crossing gate in Reyhanli on December 12, 2024, on their way back to their country. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
(FILES) Syrians living in Türkiye push a cart loaded with their furniture at the Cilvegozu border crossing gate in Reyhanli on December 12, 2024, on their way back to their country. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

More than 25,000 Syrians have returned home from Türkiye since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by HTS opposition fighters, Türkiye's interior minister said Tuesday.

Türkiye is home to nearly three million refugees who fled the civil war that broke out in 2011, and whose presence has been an issue for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.

"The number of people returning to Syria in the last 15 days has exceeded 25,000," Ali Yerlikaya told the official Anadolu news agency.

Ankara is in close touch with Syria's new leaders and now focusing on the voluntary return of Syrian refugees, hoping the shift in power in Damascus will allow many of them to return home.

According to AFP, Yerlikaya said a migration office would be established in the Turkish embassy and consulate in Damascus and Aleppo so that the records of returning Syrians could be kept.

Türkiye reopened its embassy in Damascus, nearly a week after Assad was toppled by forces backed by Ankara, and 12 years after the diplomatic outpost was shuttered early in Syria's civil war.