Major industrial gas companies have increased local production of oxygen and are importing supplies in response to the oxygen crisis in India amid a surge of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases.
Hospitals in Delhi are under extreme pressure as coronavirus cases in India continue to rise on a daily basis. India is reporting 300,000 infections and almost 3,000 deaths every day, but the situation is thought to be worse than those figures. There are recurring reports from hospitals in India of hospitals low or even without oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients.
Medical supplies from overseas have begun to arrive in India to help with the concerns over oxygen availability and the World Health Organisation is working to deliver 4,000 oxygen concentrators to India, according to reports.
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