Jordan denies categorically any SARS cases

Jordan minister of health Walid al-Maani has categorically denied any death cases among Jordanians in SARS. He stressed yesterday that Jordan is free of any case of this disease, describing news rumored that a Jordanian died of SARS as untrue and aims at hurting Jordan.

The Jordanian minister also indicated that after the elimination of this disease in several countries in the world, the Jordanian ministry of health decided to stop end the restrictions imposed on passengers travelling from infected countries to Jordan.