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The Jordanian Ministers for Interior and Justice resigned yesterday after they were found violating anti-coronavirus  measures.
File photo of now ex-Minister of Justice Bassam Talhouni.
Both Interior Minister Samir Mobeideen and Justice Minister  were found at a public banquet violating the social distancing as well as maximum permissible capacity guidelines which their ministries are expected to enforce.  Current capacity is limited to 20 people.  This comes days after the imposition of new restrictions on Jordanians, including stay-at-home orders, a military-enforced curfew and a 100  (~US$140) fine on those not wearing face masks.

Their resignations was accepted by Prime Minister  and, in one of two Royal Decrees, King Abdullah II.  According to multiple reports, the second decree ratified Deputy Prime Minister for Local Administration  to run the Ministry of the Interior and State Minister for Legal Affairs  to run the Ministry of Justice.

A recent surge in new infections by  of the coronavirus have led to at least 4627 deaths and over 300 thousand cases in the nation of ten million, Reuters reporterd.  Officials attribute it to Jordanians not obeying the restrictions, and have arrested dozens for breaching stay-at-home orders; hundreds of businesses have also been closed, Reuters further added in the report.