‘People will not be able to bear a lockdown and the financial pressure’: Bdour – Roya News English

‘People will not be able to bear a lockdown and the financial pressure’: Bdour – Roya News English

A member of the Board of Trustees at the National Center for Human Rights Ibrahim al-Bdour said the only thing that has been proven to be effective against the coronavirus epidemic is the vaccine and 'nothing else'.

He said His Majesty King Abdullah II called on the government to do everything they can to bring the country to a 'safe summer,' which means reopening sectors and life returning to normal. Bdour believes this will not happen because "we are facing a new wave in eight weeks according to the behavior of the virus."

In an interview with Roya's Nabd Albalad, he said that within four months, the vaccine proved that it prevents deaths, reducing admissions to ICUs. He noted that among those who received the Pfizer vaccine, only five percent got infected with COVID-19. He added that none of them needed breathing support and no deaths were recorded among them.

He said that after more than a year since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Jordan has tried "everything from a total lockdown to a curfew and a Friday lockdown...banning mosque prayers ... etc."

He explained that all these things "have not been practically and scientifically proven successful."

He added that the number of deaths