By Laith Al-Jnaidi
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan confirmed Tuesday that the country has entered a fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The new COVID wave is caused by the Omicron variant BA5,” Bassam Hijjawi, a member of the National Committee for Epidemics, said in statements cited by the state-run Al-Mamlaka TV.
He said the numbers of infections began to rise as of the end of last month.
Jordan reported one fatality and 2,135 infections from COVID-19 last week.
The Arab country has so far registered 1,700,526 virus cases, including 14,068 deaths.
* Writing by Ahmed Asmar