The Ministry of Health has placed three Jordanian students under medical observation today after they returned from China, according to The Assistant Secretary-General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Adnan Ishaq.

"Three students came back from China, which prompted the Ministry to impose a quarantine on them fearing their infection of coronavirus," Ishaq explained.

The students will stay under medical observation for fourteen days at Al-Bashir Hospital to make sure they are not developing any coronavirus symptoms.

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Jordanians returning from China to face two-week observation