AMMAN — Thursday will mark the beginning of the second phase of Jordan’s gradual
reopening plan for a “safe summer.”
Curfew
hours will be reduced to begin at 12am for businesses and 1am for unvaccinated
individuals, respectively.
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In
the case of the Golden Triangle — Aqaba,
Wadi Rum, and Petra – curfew hours
will be completely eliminated. Entry will be contingent upon travelers either
having received their first dose of the vaccine at least 21 days before entry or
presenting a negative
PCR test taken within the previous 72 hours.
Wedding
venues and party-planning establishments will be allowed to reopen at 50
percent capacity, with a cap at 100 people, and will bar children. All guests
and staff must have been vaccinated for at least 21 days before the event.
Additionally,
venues looking to reopen are required to submit an application to the
respective authorities and sign a contract indicating that they will abide by
the necessary health protocols.
Sports
venues, like football fields, will reopen for vaccinated spectators at 30
percent capacity.
According
to a May statement by Minister of State for Media Affairs, Sakher Dudin,
Thursday will also see 100 percent of the public sector returning to work, in
addition to a gradual return to in-person classes for certain higher education
specializations decided upon by the Ministry of Education.
Both
the industrial and tourism sectors will be allowed to operate at full capacity,
not subject to curfew hours.
On
July 15, 2021, electronic permits, which currently exempt certain individuals
from abiding by the nationwide curfew, will be canceled.
The
first phase of the Kingdom’s three-part plan took effect on June 1, 2021, and
was marked by the reopening of several sectors, including gyms and cinemas.
The
third and final phase of reopening – which will occur on September 1 – is
expected to mark a complete return to normalcy, with an elimination of partial
and total curfews, a return to in-person classes, and full capacity, in-person
operations across sectors.
In a previous interview with
Jordan News,
Mohannad Al-Nsour, a member of the National Epidemiological Committee and
executive director of the
Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network, said
that, if vaccine rollout continues as planned, 4.5 million people will be vaccinated
by September, when the Kingdom’s plans to completely reopen.
Currently,
Jordan has administered over 3.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine: 2.3 million individuals have
received their first dose, while 1.2 million have received both doses.
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