for truck drivers (including 1 egyptian and 1 pakistani), 1 case that was found in the random tests that was made for random people in different places in the kingdom, 1 case for a two-and-a-half year-old girl that was in close contact with her infected parents, bringing the total of the cases to 413, 4 new recoveries were confirmed on the same day with a total of 269 recovery. on 19 april, 4 additional case were confirmed, including 2 cases that were infected by their infected father, 2 cases for siblings that were infected by their sibling, bringing the total of the cases to 417, 7 new recoveries was confirmed on the same day with a total of 276 recovery in the whole kingdom. on 20 april, 8 additional cases were confirmed, all of whom were truck drivers that tested positive upon entering land border crossings. three were jordanians and five were of foreign nationality, raising the total number of cases to 425. 6 new recoveries were confirmed on the same day with a total of 282 recovery in the whole kingdom. on 21 april, 3 additional cases were confirmed, all of whom were truck drivers who tested positive upon entering land border crossing, bringing the total of the cases to 428. 15 new recoveries were confirmed on the same day with a total of 297 recovery in the whole kingdom. 22–28 april on 22 april, 7 additional cases were confirmed, including 3 cases for truck drivers, 2 cases for people that were in close contact with their infected father, 1 case for a person who was in close contact with an infected person who is in prince hamza hospital, 1 case that was tested positive in a private lab and with unknown reason, bringing the total of the cases to 435, 18 new recoveries was confirmed on the same day with a total of 315 recoveries. on 23 april, 2 new cases were confirmed, the first case was for a truck driver that was tested upon entering the country, the second case was for an individual who flew in from the uk on 15 march and was quarantined for 20 days at one of the hotels and released after testing negative; he was later tested after symptoms appeared roughly five weeks after entering the country, bringing the total of the cases to 437, 3 additional recoveries were announced today with a total of 318 recoveries, a new daily record of 3200 covid-19 tests was performed today. on 24 april, 4 additional cases were confirmed, 2 of whom were truck drivers, 2 other cases for people who were in close contact with an infected person who is a truck driver, bringing the total of the cases to 441, 8 new recoveries were confirmed that day with a total of 326 recoveries. on 25 april, 3 additional cases were confirmed, all of whom were for truck drivers that were tested positive on the land borders, bringing the total of the cases to 444, 6 new recoveries were confirmed on the same day with a total of 332 recoveries. on 26 april, 3 additional cases were confirmed, 2 of whom were for truck drivers, 1 case for a 5-year-old girl who was in close contact with her infected parents, bringing the total of the cases to 447, 5 new recoveries were confirmed that day with a total of 337 recoveries. on 27 april, 2 new cases were confirmed, one for a truck driver entering at al-omari border crossing, and one for a child visiting his infected mother at prince hamzah hospital, 5 new recoveries were confirmed with a total of 342 recoveries, over 2800 people were tested today. on 28 april, no additional cases were confirmed, 6 new recoveries were confirmed that day with a total of 348 recoveries, 1 new death was confirmed on the same day. 29–30 april on 29 april, 2 additional cases were confirmed, all of whom were for truck drivers that were tested positive in the land borders, bringing the total of the cases to 451, 8 new recoveries were confirmed that day with a total of 356 recoveries. on 30 april, 2 additional cases were confirmed, all of whom were for truck drivers that were tested positive in the land borders, bringing the total of the cases to 453, 6 new recoveries were confirmed on the same day with a total number of 362 recoveries. 1–7 may on 1 may, 6 additional cases were confirmed, all of who were for truck drivers that were tested positive in the land borders, bringing the total of the cases to 459, 2 new recoveries were confirmed on the same day with a total number of 364 recoveries. on 2 may, 1 additional case was confirmed, the confirmed case was for a truck driver that tested positive in the land borders, bringing the total number of the cases to 460, 3 new recoveries were confirmed with a total number of 367 recoveries, the 9th death was confirmed for a 73-year-old man who had chronic diseases. on 3 may, 1 additional case was confirmed for a truck driver who tested positive in the land borders, bringing the total number of cases to 461, no new recoveries was confirmed, for the 6th day in a row no additional cases was confirmed inside the country, and the number of the cases that are receiving treatment in the jordanian hospitals reached 64 cases. on 7 may, 21 new cases were confirmed. these cases were the result of an infected truck driver that did not adhere to the self quarantine procedures upon entering the country. according to the investigations by trace teams, the individual had invited a number of people to iftar at his residence, several of whom have tested positive. a nurse at the northern badia hospital was among those infected by the driver and 65 of the hospitals personnel are being tested. 8–14 may on 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 ago in mafraq. 4 of these cases have been reported in ramtha june the government of jordan chose to considerably loosen movement restrictions by lifting curfews, allowing movement between governorates, and allowing most sectors to reopen as of june 6. august by late august, restrictions were slowly eased. authorities permitted public gatherings of up to 20 people, movement between governorates, and the reopening of the tourism industry. hotels, restaurants, bars, gyms, and nurseries were allowed to reopen at a limited capacity. furthermore, houses of worship were also reopened. public transportation would be operational at 50 percent capacity. however, social distancing measures were to continue to be enforced, with individuals being compelled to wear protective gloves and masks in public spaces or receive a fine. september aviation authorities announce a plan to reopen amman airport to commercial flights from september 8. october there was a sharp uptake in covid-19 outbreaks in october 2020. on october 6, 2020, the jordanian government declared a nationwide curfew on fridays and saturdays. november in november, jordan became the arab country with the highest number of covid-19-related deaths per capita. despite this, a parliamentary election was held in person. statistics number of cases and deaths on a logarithmic scale number of cases (blue) and deaths (red) on a logarithmic scale. new cases new deaths quarantine and isolation during the first weeks of the spread of the coronavirus in jordan (march 2020), the jordanian authorities declared that all whom are required for "isolation", will be quarantined in five-star hotels across the country, with the central government covering the costs. on march 18, the jordanian minister of tourism and antiquities, majd shawaika said that 1,900 people who came into the country during the last week have been placed in the dead sea resorts, while 3,000 were placed in amman resorts and hotels. after visiting the location, shawaika confirmed that the tourism company jett has been securing the services to quarantine civilians. the minister also confirmed that there are 11,000 vacant suits ready to welcome any more quarantined individuals. dead sea resorts used by jordanian authorities to quarantine individuals suspected of being infected with covid-19 the minister confirmed that all necessary measures have been taken in the hotels and resorts, such as necessary sanitation operations, and banning outside visits. as of 24 march, the number of quarantined individuals is 5050 persons, most of whom are located in hotels that have been rented out by the government and converted into quarantine facilities. the majority of these people have been placed in quarantine upon arrival to jordan from abroad to wait out the virus's incubation period. the total number of rented hotels on march 24 has reached 34 hotels (23 in amman, 10 at the dead sea area, 1 in aqaba). as of 19 august, quarantine in government sponsored facilities is 14 days followed by 7–24 days of home quarantine. based on uncertain scientific data, diplomats are only required to quarantine at home for 7 days. prevention on 27 february, jordan temporarily banned people entering from china, south korea, and iran. the kingdom has been screening everyone who enters jordanian border crossings and airports, with mandatory chest and throat examinations as well as temperature checks. jordanians who test positive will be quarantined for 2 weeks. state of emergency the jordanian government declared a state of emergency on 19 march and imposed a curfew on 21 march. there were long lines at bakeries and groceries before curfew took effect. antivirals the jordanian government has authorized the use of hydroxychloroquine as an antiviral treatment for patients with advanced illness. government response ministry of health dedicated website for the covid-19 pandemic in jordan. ministry of health covid-19 hotline: 111 portal for all government platforms related to dealing with covid-19: واحد march 2020 on 6 march, the jordanian government made an agreement with facebook to launch an awareness campaign regarding covid-19. facebook will present all site visitors from within the kingdom with links to the ministry of health website promoting its content intended to increase awareness of the outbreak, preventative measures and tips to reduce the spread, and the dedicated facilities for testing and treatment. on 10 march, the following measures were announced: halt on travel to/from lebanon. halt all travel to/from syria except for trucks. closing of sheikh hussein (northern) crossing with israel, king hussein/allenby bridge with the west bank, wadi araba (southern) crossing with israel for all passengers except official delegations, cargo personnel and jordanian workers using the wadi araba crossing. prevention of arrivals from france, spain and germany starting 16 march 2020, and prevention of jordanians from travelling to those countries. closing of sea crossings with egypt, and reducing planes incoming from egypt by 50% and allowing only urgent travel to egypt while maintaining trade operations as normal. halting passenger movement through al-karameh border crossing with iraq, except for official delegations, while maintaining commercial movement. baghdad airport and erbil airports are to be the only points of entry to/from iraq for passengers. jordanians returning from all the above will be allowed entry conditional to a self imposed quarantine at home for 14 days. exempt from the above are diplomatic missions / international organizations, foreign investors residing in jordan conditional to being subjected to the precautionary measures imposed by the ministry of health. cancellation of all international and local conferences except those explicitly allowed by the cabinet on 11 march, the following measures were announced: preventing non-jordanians from entering the kingdom from the following countries: china, south korea, iran, italy. jordanians from the aforementioned will be quarantined on arrival. banning vacations for expatriates working in jordan. halting new work permits for workers from abroad. banning vacations for foreign students studying in jordan wishing to travel to countries where the disease has spread. banning school trips to foreign countries. suspending of public servants travel to foreign countries except for in extremely urgent cases and only when approved by the cabinet. suspending all tourist travel between jordan and palestine/israel. advising citizens against travel except in extremely urgent cases. directing citizens arriving from countries with large numbers of covid-19 cases (such as iraq, egypt, france, spain, germany) to self-quarantine at home for two weeks and alerting health