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Jordan: Facts and Figures - January – December 2020
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Pandemics and their impact
Many people would agree that the last major pandemic to hit the world before COVID-19 was the Spanish flu of 1918, which reportedly infected 500 million people one-third of the world’s population at the time and left an estimated 50 million persons dead worldwide. Even though the world had become much more advanced in 2020 (when COVID-19 ravaged the globe) than it was in 1918, the virus that struck still dealt a tragic blow, infecting 96 million people and killing 2 million (as of January 20, 2021). It took the lives of many frontline health workers, destroyed economies, and threatened social fabrics.
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Article 26 January 2021 Afghanistan I suffered for three years without a piece of my heart, says Mohammad Shah as tears flow freely down his bearded face. The 65-year-old has not forgotten the last time he held his son Faisal Hanafi and kissed him goodbye. Reliving that moment a thousand times over helped Mohammad Shah and his wife go through the years of uncertainty as they waited to hear news of their son.
Hanafi had to flee the country after facing multiple threats to his life. Worried for their son s wellbeing, Mohammad Shah and his wife helped him leave the country despite the risk of losing touch with him along the way. I paid $10,000 to help my son escape to Europe via Pakistan. When we hugged and said goodbye, we did not know if we would see him again. When we did not hear any news for three years our hopes had started fading, says Mohammad Shah.