Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Health Ministry of Jordan has reported an additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

A ministry official told Petra that the patient is a 25-year-old Saudi who was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia from April 10 to 15 after suffering from pneumonia.

The patient is currently in a stable condition and is at a private hospital in Amman. The patient does not need a respirator, the official said.

Jordan reported two Coronavirus cases in 2012 and a same number in 2014. Of these, three patients died.

*Petra