5 houses of Covid-19 infected in Irbid isolated
10-08-2020 03:04 PM
Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Five houses in different areas of the northern governorate of Irbid were put in isolation on Monday after their residents were infected with the coronavirus.
Irbid Governor, Radwan Atoum, told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) that the infected five are workers at the Jaber border crossing and live in Irbid governorate.
On the other hand, 12 field epidemiological investigation teams began collecting samples in these areas from first-degree contacts with the infected cases, Director of Irbid Health Affairs Directorate, Riyadh Al-Shiyab said.
Al-Shiyab indicated that the sixth case, which was recorded in Irbid today, belongs to a 16-year-old boy, who had contact with a sixty-year-old woman, who tested positive with the Covid-19 four days ago.