Jordan will continue to impose a daily night curfew even after containing the spread of the new coronavirus and allowing businesses to reopen and more movement, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Amjad Adailah said the cabinet, which imposed a curfew on March 21 after enacting emergency laws, would also continue to impose a weekend lockdown.
“We have contained the outbreak but the danger is real and the possibility of its return is real and serious,” Adailah said.
Jordanians took to the streets after a ban was lifted on driving and many businesses reopened in a rapid return to normality after the authorities relaxed a tough nearly 50-day curfew to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz said in remarks on state television that the country’s early tight lockdown measures had brought results that were far better than expected.
The government has not registered any coronavirus cases for the eighth day in a row, Razzaz added. The country has had a total of 465 cases and nine deaths.
More cases in Sudan
Libya announced that it has not registered a new coronavirus case, adding that all 168 tests it has recently taken came back negative.
It reported 24 recoveries.
The country has reported 63 cases with 37 patients in receiving medical care in quarantine.
Libya has reported three fatalities from the virus.
Sudan, meanwhile, reported four new virus cases, taking the death toll to 45.
The health ministry said two of the fatalities were confirmed in the North Kordofan state and one in each of the Khartoum and al-Jazirah states.
It reported 100 new virus cases, taking the total to 778 with Khartoum alone accounting for 680 infections.
Nine patients have recovered, raising the count to 70.
