AMMAN —
COVID-19 cases and
deaths recorded in Jordan are continuing to drop for the ninth week of the
fourth wave of the virus, which peaked three weeks ago, said Adel Balbisi,
COVID-19 pointman and health adviser at the prime minister's office.
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According to a statement to the
Jordan News Agency, Petra,
Balbisi said that 39,979 coronavirus cases were
recorded in the ninth epidemiological week (February 26 – March 6), noting a
34.5 percent decline from 60,940 cases recorded in the eighth epidemiological
week, while the death toll was at 96 in the ninth week and at 156 in the eighth
week, constituting a 38 percent drop.
After the government waived the
COVID-19 test requirement for travelers, the number of PCR tests went down by
36 percent going from 306,527 in the eighth epidemiological week to 196,406 in the
ninth epidemiological week, Balbisi indicated.
On immunization, he stated that the
number of people who got the first dose of the coronavirus vaccines in the
ninth epidemiological week stood at 17,161 and those who were double-jabbed were
at 26,417, while a total of 32,945 received the booster dose.
Balbisi urged citizens to receive
the
vaccine, calling it the "best way to address the pandemic."
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