Jordan imposes lockdown on northern Ramtha district as it battles COVID-19

DUBAI: Jordan’s northern Ramtha district will be isolated starting Monday due to an increase in the number of coronavirus infections, state news agency Petra reported citing the Coronavirus Crisis Cell Operations Director Brig. Gen. Mazin Faraya.
“The Ramtha district will be isolated from the rest of the Kingdom, starting at 06:00am on Monday, August 17th, until the epidemiological situation in the district allows for the lifting of the isolation”, he said.