5% percent of positive tests is no longer the upper limit

AMMAN — A member of the Epidemiology Committee, Bassam Hijjawi, confirmed that currently there is no tendency to return to the closure of sectors, despite an increase in the numbers of COVID 19 infections, according to Al Ghad.اضافة اعلان

Hijjawi said to "Hayat FM" radio that the health system is able to handle the cases, stressing that a five percent positivity rate is no longer the upper limit for taking new measures, indicating that the ability of hospitals to handle cases is one of the most important indicators.

Hijjawi said he expected a rise in infections with the reopening of the sectors, hoping that the rise would not be huge, to reach the peak of the COVID-19 wave.


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