Health Ministry registers new coronavirus case

AMMAN — The Health Ministry on Wednesday registered a new case of a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus-related infection.

The man diagnosed with the virus is a 38-year-old Jordanian who has recently entered the Kingdom after travelling abroad.

He is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital and his condition is listed as critical, according to Bashir Qaseer, head of the Health Ministry’s primary health directorate.

Two days ago, a Jordanian in his sixties, who works in Saudi Arabia and who recently entered the Kingdom, was diagnosed with the virus.

The new case brings the number of coronavirus-related infections recorded since 2012 to 14.