The Minister of Health, Dr. Saad Jaber, confirmed that the government will ban anyone coming from countries where the novel coronavirus is spread from entering the Kingdom.

During a parliament session held this morning, Jaber said that Jordan is one of the first countries to take precautionary measures to combat the virus.

A number of medical devices had been requested from China to detect the new virus, he said, adding that a number of those devices have been received this morning.