Categories: Headlines

Sri Lankan woman in Jordan contracts with COVID-19

A Sri Lankan woman has been contracted with COVID-19 in Jordan, Jordan Minister of Health Saad Jaber confirmed.

According to the Jordan Times, six new coronavirus cases were recorded in Jordan on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the Kingdom to 397, Saad Jaber announced.

During a joint press briefing at the National Centre for Security and Crisis Management with Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh, Jaber said that the new cases include two truck drivers who came to the Kingdom from abroad.

The new confirmed cases also include a Sri Lankan woman who contracted the virus from a patient who is under treatment in Prince Hamzah Hospital and three individuals from a residential building in north Amman who had come into contact with a coronavirus patient as well.

Thanuka

Recent Posts

LNP – Who are our lawmakers for next five years? People will decide today

Sri Lankans will vote for the election of MPs to the country’s tenth Parliament today,…

2 days ago

LNP – Police, military on high alert for today’s General Election

As the country prepares for today's general election, law enforcement authorities have mobilized a massive…

2 days ago

LNP – “Sri Lanka is a peaceful, beautiful and friendly destination ahead of tourist season” – Foreign Ministry

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry has announced that the United States today lifted the security alert…

2 days ago

LNP – Programme to issue birth, marriage, death certificates to SL expatriates through foreign missions

The government has announced a new initiative to issue copies of birth, marriage and death…

2 days ago

LNP – Sri Lanka’s luxury tourism potential shines at inaugural South Asian Tourism Leadership Forum of SLDF

Sri Lanka’s tourism potential was spotlighted at the first ever South Asian Tourism Leadership Forum…

2 days ago

LNP – US Embassy rescinds travel restrictions for Arugam Bay

The U.S. Embassy in Colombo has lifted the travel restrictions issued to American citizens on…

2 days ago