Commitment of Jordanians mandatory for a return to normal

Jordan is looking forward to the return to normal life at the beginning of next September, after the Kingdom suffered from the consequences of the first and second waves of the Corona virus, as thousands of citizens were infected with the virus within a short period, which put great pressure on hospitals and the health sector in general. In addition to a steady increase in the number of deaths and injuries from Corona, which reached nearly 10 thousand cases per day.

Nearly two months after the spread of the second wave, infections began to decline gradually, until today it reached about 500 cases only, and the percentage of positive tests did not exceed 3%, after it reached nearly 20% during the second wave.

Jordan was one of the first countries in obtaining the COVID vaccine, and the state was keen to bring the largest possible number of vaccines, which is why many types of COVID vaccines were approved, most of which are highly effective, and the Food and Drug Authority granted permission for the emergency use of many vaccines. The most important of them are Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Sinovac, and the Russian Sputnik vaccine, but the most prevalent of these vaccines are Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sinopharm.

The Ministry of Health and the government stressed the need to get vaccinated, so that Jordan can return to life as it was before the COVID pandemic, and the ministry stressed that this will not happen unless citizens follow the preventative measures that maintain the stability of the epidemiological situation, such as wearing a mask, and social distancing, hand washing, and most importantly receiving vaccinations in order to reach 4.5 million vaccinated citizens.

And if compare with the countries in which the COVID returned due to the lack of commitment of its citizens to preventive measures. Moreover, these countries did not efficiently procure themselves the vaccines, which resulted in the closure of many sectors, and the health sector was pressured as it was at the time of the outbreak of the virus in the first and second waves.

India, for example, witnessed a wide spread of COVID due to the lack of commitment to preventive measures, in addition that the Corona virus was able to mutate in India and produced a new strain known as the Delta variant, which was more severe and spread faster than others, such as the British and South African variants.

In the Arab world, Tunisia witnessed a complete collapse of its health system due to the outbreak of the virus again, and Tunisia is witnessing a strong wave of the virus, which is considered the strongest since the beginning of the epidemic in the country. The number of injuries increased to new records and hospitals and the health system were unable to handle it. Moreover, this is accompanied by popular anger from the government's handling of the crisis.

A spokeswoman for the Tunisian Ministry of Health, Masaf Ben Ali, said that the country's health care system collapsed due to the devastating third wave of the Corona virus, describing the situation as catastrophic.
Ben Ali confirmed that the spread of the delta variant of the virus led to a severe shortage of beds and oxygen, expressing: "It is very difficult to find a vacant bed... we struggle to provide oxygen... Doctors suffer from unprecedented fatigue… The boat is sinking, and we are all responsible for it.”

In order to avoid what happened in both India and Tunisia, Jordanians must fully adhere to preventive measures, wear masks, and receive their COVID vaccine, especially with the recording of an increase, albeit not large, in the number of infections, and the spread of the Delta variant, which has become the most prevalent among the infected in Jordan.