Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Health authorities in the Ramtha city, northern Jordan, isolated 4 houses in the city's eastern neighborhood on Wednesday, after a local infection with the coronavirus (Covid-19) was confirmed.

Ramtha's Health Department Director, Ekhlas Al-Saad told the Jordan news Agency (Petra) that the infected person is a 50 year-old truck driver, who was infected with the virus after he went to Al-Omari borders and returned without traveling outside Jordan.

She noted that epidemiological inspection teams are investigating the infected's contacts and first and second degree relatives, adding that they've collected 60 samples so far.

Al-Saad indicated that the infected person was transferred to the Prince Hamza Hospital.