The number of visited case in aids consultative center in 2009 has doubled to reach the number 5000 cases in compare with 2200 in 2008.

Dr. Bassam Hijawi, director of the national center in the ministry of health has reiterated that 42 new cases have been confirmed as aids cases among the new registrations.

The accumulated number of Jordanians carrying the aids virus has reached 215 cases since 1986 while there are new 2.5 million cases registered around the world.