Jordan: schools closed, buildings isolated after COVID-19 cases reported

DUBAI: Several schools and buildings in Jordan were either closed or isolated after cases of coronavirus were reported.

The Ministry of Education shut two schools in Southern Shuna and Baqa’a district of the Balqa governorate after two COVID-19 cases were reported, state news agency Petra reported.

Students will continue their classes from home for the next two weeks through the official distant learning online platform Darsak as well as other official TV channels, the ministry said.