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A Kuwaiti woman wearing a protective mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic feeds pigeons at a square in Kuwait City. AFP

Syrians ride a motorbike past a mural painted as part of an awareness campaign by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) intitative, bearing instructions on protection from COVID-19 in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, after a spike in infections in the area. AFP

A Syrian man rides a bicycle past a mural painted as part of an awareness campaign by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) intitative, bearing instructions on protection from COVID-19 in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, after a spike in infections in the area. AFP

Iraqi printing business owner Hossam al-Aidani adjusts a protective mask bearing a wedding invitation on a bridal shop mannequin amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in the southern port city of Basra. Al-Aidani's small business almost closed-down due to the restrictions amid the novel coronavirus crisis. But his idea to print invitations on protective masks allowed its survival, selling 50 per wedding, especially in the Shiite-majority southern Iraq, where marriage celebrations are to be held before the beginning of the Muslim mourning month of Muharram, at the end of August. AFP

Iraqi printing business owner Hossam al-Aidani prepares to print wedding invites on protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic at his shop in the southern port city of Basra. AFP

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of coronavirus, speaks to the media in Ayder village in the Black Sea city of Rize, Turkey. Turkey's health minister says the number of new COVID-19 infections Saturday has hit its highest in 45 days and announced 1,256 new cases. AP

People walk on a bridge in the Camlihemsin district of Rize, Turkey. Turkish authorities have now allowed the reopening of restaurants, cafes, parks and beaches, as well as lifting the ban on inter-city travel, as the country eases the restrictions it had imposed in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19. EPA

A boy wearing a protective face mask looks through a car window amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS

Jordanian King Abdullah II (C-L) accompanied by his wife Queen Rania (C-R), as they and their entourage are clad in masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, while inaugurating a new emergency hospital in the capital Amman. AFP

A Kuwaiti woman wearing a protective mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic feeds pigeons at a square in Kuwait City. AFP

Syrians ride a motorbike past a mural painted as part of an awareness campaign by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) intitative, bearing instructions on protection from COVID-19 in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, after a spike in infections in the area. AFP

A Syrian man rides a bicycle past a mural painted as part of an awareness campaign by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) intitative, bearing instructions on protection from COVID-19 in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, after a spike in infections in the area. AFP

Iraqi printing business owner Hossam al-Aidani adjusts a protective mask bearing a wedding invitation on a bridal shop mannequin amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in the southern port city of Basra. Al-Aidani's small business almost closed-down due to the restrictions amid the novel coronavirus crisis. But his idea to print invitations on protective masks allowed its survival, selling 50 per wedding, especially in the Shiite-majority southern Iraq, where marriage celebrations are to be held before the beginning of the Muslim mourning month of Muharram, at the end of August. AFP

Iraqi printing business owner Hossam al-Aidani prepares to print wedding invites on protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic at his shop in the southern port city of Basra. AFP

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of coronavirus, speaks to the media in Ayder village in the Black Sea city of Rize, Turkey. Turkey's health minister says the number of new COVID-19 infections Saturday has hit its highest in 45 days and announced 1,256 new cases. AP

People walk on a bridge in the Camlihemsin district of Rize, Turkey. Turkish authorities have now allowed the reopening of restaurants, cafes, parks and beaches, as well as lifting the ban on inter-city travel, as the country eases the restrictions it had imposed in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19. EPA

A boy wearing a protective face mask looks through a car window amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS

Jordanian King Abdullah II (C-L) accompanied by his wife Queen Rania (C-R), as they and their entourage are clad in masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, while inaugurating a new emergency hospital in the capital Amman. AFP

A Kuwaiti woman wearing a protective mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic feeds pigeons at a square in Kuwait City. AFP

Coronavirus: Jordan locks down border town over surge in cases

Jordan brought numbers down rapidly with strict lockdowns and enforced social distancing. But cases are creeping up again

The National

August 17, 2020

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