Jordan reinstates partial lockdown as coronavirus deaths spike - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Osama Al Sharif

Mar 11, 2021

A policeman holds a stop sign in an almost deserted avenue in the Jordanian capital Amman, during a lockdown due to the coronavirus panemic, on February 26, 2021. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP) (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images) — A policeman holds a stop sign in an almost deserted avenue in the Jordanian capital Amman during a lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic on Feb. 26, 2021. — KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images

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