Demonstrators pour onto streets of Jordan to denounce COVID-19 measures

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

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.