Today, Saturday, the Jordanian government decided to isolate any governorate, city or region in which the new Coronavirus (Covid-19) infections are increasing, while Morocco recorded 1776 cases, which is the highest daily rate of HIV infections, while Algeria eased closure measures by reopening mosques, beaches and cafes.
According to the Ministry of Health figures, Jordan has recorded 75 local cases of Coronavirus since last Friday, after the infections were limited to Jordanians returning from abroad and residing in quarantine places, which raised the authorities' concern about the seriousness of the outbreak of the epidemic.
According to the Jordanian Minister of State for Media Affairs, Amjad Al-Adaileh, the Corona Crisis Cell decided to set standards specific to each region, while avoiding the blanket ban due to its economic, social and psychological effects on citizens.
For his part, the Director of Corona Crisis Cell Operations in Jordan, Brigadier General Mazen Al-Faraya, announced the isolation of the Ramtha Brigade from the rest of the governorates of Irbid and the governorates of the Kingdom, starting at six in the morning next Monday, until the epidemiological situation in the brigade allows the status of isolation to be lifted.
To date, Jordan has recorded 1,339 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, and 11 deaths, according to official figures.
In Morocco, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that it had recorded 21 deaths and 1776 cases of corona, which brings the total number of cases to 41,177 cases during the last 24 hours.
The rate of Corona infections recorded in the Kingdom is the highest daily since the first infection with the virus was recorded on March 2, and the highest number of previous daily infections with the virus was recorded last Wednesday, which reached 1499.
Procedures and numbers
In Algeria, the authorities gradually reopened mosques, cafes, parks and beaches, in a welcome decision during the heat period and after 5 months of closure due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
The security services will have to monitor respect for the wearing of masks, which is a mandatory measure since last May 24, in addition to recommendations for people spacing, and the police will patrol the beaches.
The largest mosques in Algeria, which have a capacity of more than a thousand people, have reopened, while Friday prayers have not yet been allowed, as the health situation is not fully under control, while the worshipers must wear masks.
In total, nearly 37,700 cases of Covid-19 have been officially recorded in Algeria since the first case was discovered on February 25, according to the latest toll published by the Ministry of Health.
And counted more than 1,350 deaths, making Algeria the third country most affected by the epidemic on the African continent, after Egypt and South Africa.
According to the latest figures, according to the World Meter website, which specializes in monitoring the latest statistics of the Corona virus, 21 million and 453 thousand and 160 infections were recorded globally, and the number of deaths reached 765,239, while the number of people recovered exceeded 14 million and 224 thousand.
The United States leads the world in the number of injuries with more than 5 million and 490 thousand, followed by Brazil with 3 million and 282 thousand, and India with two million and 565 thousand.
New measures
After the countries of the world eased a number of their precautionary measures to confront the epidemic, several countries re-imposed new measures following the return of the outbreak.
In Britain, the government imposed a two-week quarantine on travelers returning from France, where the epidemic is increasing, and the measure includes travelers from the Netherlands, Monaco and Malta, and Paris threatened London with imposing a "countermeasure."
For its part, the French authorities imposed the wearing of the muzzle, which was already mandatory in some streets of Paris in new neighborhoods on Saturday, including the neighborhood in which the Louvre Museum is located and in a part of the Champs-Elysées Avenue, as well as banning gatherings of more than 10 people and not respecting the rules of physical spacing.
It is noteworthy that Paris has been placed on the list of regions where the virus is transmitted quickly.
The police stated that about 260 people are detected with the virus every day, while the infection rate in Paris is 4.14%, compared to a national rate of 2.4%.
In Denmark, the government announced that wearing a muzzle will be compulsory on public transport from August 22, as the country witnesses a slight return to the epidemic.
Tightening and fears
For its part, South Korea tightened social distancing measures, and re-imposed sports matches without an audience in Seoul, amid fears of a re-emergence of the epidemic in the capital and surrounding areas.
The majority of new infections were recorded in this geographical region, where half of this country's 51 million people reside, which raises fears of an outbreak of infection due to the extension of the weekend for 3 days, starting this Saturday.
In its efforts to limit the spread of the epidemic, Ecuador - which recorded about 100,000 cases of Coronavirus - has extended the state of emergency in effect from March to September 13, and this measure will allow to maintain a curfew, mobilize the armed forces and prohibit gatherings.
The country is one of the countries most affected by the epidemic in Latin America, with more than 6 thousand deaths recorded in a country with a population of 17.5 million.
Vaccine and question
In the context of vaccinations, the Russian Ministry of Health announced the production of a new vaccine against the Coronavirus under the name "Sputnik V".
According to the ministry's data, this vaccine will provide immunity against the virus for a period of up to two years, and the "Sputnik V" vaccine - developed by the "Gamalia" institute in Moscow - will be launched at the end of this month, according to the Russian Interfax news agency.
And President Vladimir Putin announced that his country had registered the first anti-Corona vaccine in the world, amid Western doubts about its effectiveness, in the absence of results of clinical studies, and the lack of knowledge of the size of the sample that was subjected to experiments, which is the usual international procedure before any drug or vaccine is offered.