2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102298
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A swaying between successive pandemic waves and pandemic fatigue: Where does Jordan stand?

Abstract: This article highlights the main aspects of Jordan's public health response in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, it briefly describes the main characteristics of the pandemic waves. Although Jordan has successfully implemented various stringent control measures at the early stage of the pandemic which resulted in a slow pace of COVID-19 spread in the country, the dramatic and sudden surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths since September 2020 raises many concerns and questionable debates regarding the effectiv… Show more

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“…The lockdown alongside other declared measures has placed the general population including healthcare workers under a new experience that possessed social, emotional, psychological, and financial impacts [6][7][8][9]. As of April 19, 2021, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths in Jordan were 689,482, 36,688, and 8308, respectively, with a surge since early September 2020 [10,11]. The sudden and accelerated rise in the number of COVID-19 cases has imposed an additional burden on decisionmakers, healthcare professionals (HCPs) as well as the general population in the country [11].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The lockdown alongside other declared measures has placed the general population including healthcare workers under a new experience that possessed social, emotional, psychological, and financial impacts [6][7][8][9]. As of April 19, 2021, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths in Jordan were 689,482, 36,688, and 8308, respectively, with a surge since early September 2020 [10,11]. The sudden and accelerated rise in the number of COVID-19 cases has imposed an additional burden on decisionmakers, healthcare professionals (HCPs) as well as the general population in the country [11].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As of April 19, 2021, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths in Jordan were 689,482, 36,688, and 8308, respectively, with a surge since early September 2020 [10,11]. The sudden and accelerated rise in the number of COVID-19 cases has imposed an additional burden on decisionmakers, healthcare professionals (HCPs) as well as the general population in the country [11].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, throughout this long time, people have been continuously exposed to information overload related to COVID-19, with daily and repeated information on the number of infections, deaths, changes in measures, opening and closing of areas, relaxation and tightening of restrictions, etc. This resulting constant state of alert and uncertainty has become emotionally exhausting for many individuals [2,3]. The large and repetitive implementation of invasive measure to mitigate COVID-19 consequences, as well as the overexposition to negative pandemic-related information, has supposed a natural psychological response of pandemic fatigue (PF) on individuals [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In terms of gender, there are 8,237 (41%) and 11,817 (59%) answers by women and men, respectively. We group the age of our participants into four possible age buckets: [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29], [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49], [50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] and 60+, with 9%, 44%, 27% and 20% of the answers, respectively.…”
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confidence: 99%