DUBAI: Friday lockdowns in Jordan will be lifted as of tomorrow, the government announced, while the current night curfew will remain throughout the week.
Worshippers will be able perform evening prayer and Taraweeh – the Ramadan prayer – in mosques as of Friday, the Minister of State for Media Affairs, Sakher Dudin, said on Wednesday during a press briefing.
Dudin, who is also the government spokesperson, said that public parks and shops will also be allowed to reopen as of Friday.
“While we are fully aware that easing the restrictions will increase the pressure on Jordan’s health system, whose workers (are) fatigued. The government appreciates the citizens’ difficult conditions, both economically and psychologically,” Dudin said.
He said that all the restrictions, health measures and the intensification of the vaccination campaign aim to reach the “envisioned safe summer” set for the beginning of July.
Jordan is currently able to vaccinate 60,000 persons a day, but can increase its capacity to up to 100,000 people a day, the Health Minister Firas Hawari said.
The country is increasing the capacity of its health sector and medical personnel for preparation of a third way of coronavirus, he added.
