COVID-19 spikes in Jordan; most schools reopen

  • Date: 04-Sep-2020
  • Source: Saudi Gazette
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:Jordan
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COVID-19 spikes in Jordan; most schools reopen

AMMAN “” Nearly two million children returned to school in Jordan on Tuesday after a five month-absence, although authorities were forced to suspend teaching in some areas due to a spike in cases of COVID-19, officials said.Several schools for Palestinian refugees and state schools were closed in some neighborhoods of the capital, Amman, after cases doubled in the city of 3 million in recent days.Authorities hesitated in the last fortnight over reopening schools on Sept. 1 after the country saw over 600 cases within just a week, its highest number of infections since March.UNRWA,