35 samples from contacts of Irbid truck driver with COVID-19 come back negative — official

AMMAN — The results of 35 samples taken from the contacts of a truck driver infected with the coronavirus in Irbid have come back negative, Wael Hayajneh, the official overseeing coronavirus developments in the north, said on Thursday.

Hayajneh told the Jordan News Agency, Petra, that a total of 120 samples came back negative on Wednesday and Thursday from the truck driver’s contacts, an “optimistic indication” for the rest of the samples from the same group.