Protests erupted across Jordan on Monday against the government's strict coronavirus restrictions.

Demonstrators were also angered by an incident a day earlier in which oxygen ran out at a state hospital leading to the deaths of at least six COVID-19 patients.

Demonstrators said they blamed the government for a worsening economic situation and for imposing overly strict laws aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.

The Public Security Directorate called on all citizens, in light of the seriousness of the Covid-19 situation in the Kingdom, to adhere to the law and contribute to limiting the spread of the virus, and to stay away from gatherings. The protests and gatherings came in light of the strict measures imposed on the Kingdom regarding the Corona virus, and the incident that occurred on Saturday in the new Hussein Hospital of Salt, where a technical defect caused the lack of oxygen supplies in the intensive care unit, claiming that nine live. Only seven have been confirmed to have died from lack of oxygen. The Public Prosecutor in Amman, Hassan Al-Abdallat, said that the relevant authorities conducted an autopsy to determine the cause of death of the eighth person, and it was found that the person died due to complications from the Corona virus and not due to lack of oxygen.
But the sources did not mention the cause of the death of the ninth person.