Jordan's health minister stepped down Saturday after at least seven patients in a hospital COVID-19 ward died due to a shortage of oxygen supplies, state media reported.
Hours later, King Abdullah II arrived at the Salt government hospital to help calm angry families who had gathered outside.
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh ordered an investigation into the deaths early Saturday morning at the hospital in the town of Salt, 20 kilometers (13 miles) north of the capital Amman.
King Abdullah has ordered the hospital's director also suspended, according to Al-Mamlaka TV, which added that all of the dead were coronavirus patients.