Health Ministry: No new corona cases in Jordan, five hospitals designated as centers for quarantine

Jordan

Published: 2020-03-08 09:39

Last Updated: 2024-04-21 04:10


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The Ministry of Health confirmed on Saturday evening, March 7, that no new coronavirus cases have been recently reported in the Kingdom.

In its daily brief, the Ministry said that the citizen infected with the virus is recovering and will be discharged from the hospital soon.

It added that the total number of cases that are still under quarantine has reached 77 while 219 others left the quarantine after 14 days, as they tested negative for the virus.

With regard to travel procedures, the Ministry reiterated that non-Jordanians coming from China, South Korea, Italy and Iran are prevented from entering the Kingdom.

However, Jordanians coming from these countries will be immediately placed under quarantine.

"Five hospitals in the Kingdom's northern, central and southern regions have been designated to operate as centers for quarantine and sampling of suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) cases," the Ministry confirmed.

Al Bashir Hospital, the University of Jordan and the new Zarqa Government Hospital have been designated as centers for the central region, while King Abdullah University Hospital was designated to handle suspected cases for the northern region and Al Karak Hospital and Prince Hashem Military Hospital for the southern region

The Ministry urged the public to call the following numbers for any query related to the disease: (111/ 962-778-410-186/962-6-500-4545).