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 | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Jordan |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
| Index case | Amman |
| Arrival date | 2 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 540[1] |
| Active cases | 85 |
| Recovered | 389[1] |
Deaths | 9[1] |
| Government website | |
| corona.moh.gov.jo | |
Cases
changeOn 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
changeOn 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
changeOn 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]
References
change- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "وكالة الانباء الاردنية". petra.gov.jo. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ↑ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com.
- ↑ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com.
- ↑ "First Jordanian infected with coronavirus says he is recovering, cautions others". english.alarabiya.net. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ↑ "أزمة_كورونا". 112 إصابة في الأردن ومسنة حالتها متوسطة إلى سيئة (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ↑ "أزمة_كورونا". أول وفاة بفيروس كورونا لمُسِنة في الأردن (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ↑ "أزمة_كورونا". 11 حالة جديدة مصابة بالفيروس سجلت في الأردن (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-03-28. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ "أزمة_كورونا". 29 إصابة بالفيروس لمخالطي سائق الشاحنة في المفرق (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-05-08.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "تسجيل 4 اصابات جديدة بكورونا في الرمثا". رؤيا الأخباري (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-05-08.