At least six patients in died due to shortage of oxygen supplies, state media reports

Jordan’s health minister has stepped downafter at least six patients in a hospital Covid-19 patient ward died due to a shortage of oxygen supplies, state media reported.

The Jordanian prime minister, Bisher al-Khasawneh, ordered an investigation into the deaths early on Saturday morning at a government hospital in the town of Salt, 13 miles (20km) north of the capital, Amman.

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