Egypt has placed over 300 families under quarantine in a Delta village to stem the spread of the new coronavirus after two deaths were recorded this month originating from the area. "We have confined more than 300 families to their homes where they will remain in quarantine," Health Minister Hala Zayed told late-night television host Amr Adib on Monday. Without naming the village in Daqahliya governorate, 150 kilometers (90 miles) north of Cairo in the fertile Delta, she explained that "cleansing procedures" were undertaken to prevent further infections and that other "touristic" governorates would also be shut down in coming days. The "heightened" measures come after Egypt recorded two new deaths, with the toll now rising to four. The health ministry said Monday that an Egyptian man aged 50 died after coming into contact with a 72-year-old woman, who succumbed on March 12 from COVID-19, hailing from the same Daqahliya village now under quarantine. The other death was of a German man, 72, in Luxor, the site of coronavirus cases originating on a Nile cruise boat that was later quarantined. Egypts total confirmed virus cases stands at 166 after the ministry reported 40 new cases, 35 of them Egyptians and five foreigners of various nationalities. The country said it would suspend all flights starting Thursday until the end of the month to try to reduce the rate of infections from the global outbreak. It will keep its airspace open to allow tourists to return home, the tourism ministry said. Internal and freight flights will not be affected by the decision, the statement quoted the civil aviation minister as saying. "Egyptian airports will continue to receive charter and scheduled flights (without passengers) to allow tourist groups in Egypt to complete their programs and return to their country on their determined travel dates," the tourism ministry said in a statement late on Monday. The country would not receive any new tourist groups during the flight suspension period, it added. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Monday that Egypt would sanitize hotels and tourist sites during the closure. He urged Egyptians to "stay put" in their homes and avoid "panic shopping", saying the state had ample reserves of food items and other basic products. Jordan in lockdown The Jordanian army said on Tuesday it will deploy at entrances and exits of main cities in a move officials said was ahead of an imminent announcement of a state of emergency to combat the coronavirus. The kingdom, which has already announced a lockdown after the number of confirmed cases rose to least 34, was about to take further steps including the emergency announcement, officials told Reuters. "These measures aim at preventing the spread of coronavirus," said an army statement. The cabinet was expected to discuss on Tuesday whether to activate a national defense law that would be enacted as a royal decree and amounts to a state of emergency letting government enforce curfews and other restrictions on movements. Jordan has closed border crossings with Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Israel, and suspended all incoming and outgoing flights. Outbreak hits Iraq oil Iraq halted on Tuesday production of around 95,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Gharraf southern oilfield after Malaysias Petronas evacuated its staff from the field, oil officials said. Petronas, the operator of Gharraf, took the decision to protect its staff from the spread of the new coronavirus, Iraqi oilfield officials said, according to Reuters. They added that the company took the decision without consulting with Iraqi officials in Gharraf. "We were forced to shut down production because Petronas didnt inform us of the evacuation process," said one oilfield official. Oil officials said they are working to restore operations at Gharraf on Wednesday.