Jordan confirms first case of coronavirus

AMMAN — The Kingdom has registered its first coronavirus case after a Jordanian arriving from Italy tested positive for the virus, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Monday.

The citizen was being housed in a quarantine centre for days prior to being transferred to the epidemic isolation ward at Prince Hamzah Hospital.

Health Minister Saad Jaber said that the Jordanian arrived in the Kingdom from Italy two weeks ago.

Jaber added that if the number of coronavirus cases reaches 20, schools will be closed and public gatherings will be banned, Petra added.

The minister noted that a specialised medical team has been dispatched to the house of the patient to sterilise the residence and impose a house quarantine on his family for 14 days, according to Petra.