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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Health Ministry confirmed on Sunday evening, March 8, that no new coronavirus cases have been reported in the Kingdom so far.

"The number of coronavirus suspected cases currently in quarantine, and had arrived in Jordan from areas where the novel coronavirus is spreading, reached 80 cases," the Ministry added in the brief.

However, the total number of cases that entered the quarantine and left after spending 14 days reached 221 cases.

The Ministry said work is underway to prepare a new quarantine site, to be added to the approved sites, namely the Epidemiology Hospital - Al Bashir Hospitals, and a hotel in Amman that has been rented by the Health Ministry to be a site designated to operate as a center for quarantine.

The Ministry has urged citizens not to travel abroad unless necessary.

It also reaffirmed that non-Jordanians coming from China, South Korea, Iran, and Italy are prevented from entering the Kingdom. However, Jordanian coming from these countries will be transferred to quarantine.

The Ministry advised citizens coming from some countries where there is a large number of COVID-19 infections, including Iraq, Egypt, France, Spain and Germany, to do a "home quarantine" and stay in their homes for two weeks, and contact the health authorities if they symptoms.