The Impact Of Friday Nationwide Lockdown In Reducing Covid-19 Spread In Jordan

Authors

  • Omar Al-Ramahi Author
  • Haneen AL-Momani Author
  • Dajla bani Mustafa Author
  • Osamah Al-Ramahi Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17720/qrtk7z81

Keywords:

COVID-19, coronavirus, , quarantine, Friday ban, vaccines.

Abstract

 COVID-19 is a global pandemic that has resulted in a large number of deaths and infected people. To slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, governments have imposed limits on outdoor activities or even a population-wide quarantine. (Al-Tammemi, 2020).  This study aims to identify the effect of Fridays ban on the prevalence of the disease and if it has any effect in decreasing the wide spread of the pandemic in Jordan .  The present study is a cross sectional study that were employed a community-based nationwide questionnaire survey in Jordan. It was conducted on university students based on voluntary participation and all population in Jordan.. Respondents will complete a self-administered questionnaire of 29 questions about socio-demographic information and all information needed about COVID19 for our study. it was conducted for one month long and It was consisted of (967) participants, and they were randomly selected from the population of the study.  Based on the results in the the tables, we come up with the findings that Friday’s lock-down did not reduce the number of covid cases. 

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Published

2024-04-30

How to Cite

Al-Ramahi, O., AL-Momani, H., bani Mustafa, D., & Al-Ramahi, O. (2024). The Impact Of Friday Nationwide Lockdown In Reducing Covid-19 Spread In Jordan. History of Medicine, 10(2), 777-790. https://doi.org/10.17720/qrtk7z81