In mid-March, as COVID-19 began sweeping through the world, the small country of Jordan prepared for a complete lockdown. Gateway - A Podcast from the Middle East · How Jordan's Military Lockdown May Halt COVID-19 but Spur a Political Dilemma, With Taylor Luck Military units were deployed in checkpoints and in patrols to ensure nobody would be outside without authorization to do so. The government, which had been implementing austerity ...