Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Deifallah al-Fayez, said that 16 employees at the ministry are infected with the novel coronavirus, after conducting the regular medical check.

All the 16, al-Fayez said, are under quarantine in accordance with health protocol, adding that the ministry will stop receiving citizens, in order to sterilize the ministry's facilities.

Al-Fayez said that the employees will be reduced to a minimum according to the government's guidelines for returning to work at the public sector.