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In Sri Lanka, the demand for oxygen has risen seven times. In Pakistan, oxygen vendors have doubled their prices over the last month.
In India, people battled to breathe as oxygen demand shot up with the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases.
Last year, it had happened in the United States and Europe, and now, it is happening in many more countries that have been recording high death rates due to oxygen shortage.
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At least 19 countries are suffering oxygen shortage including Argentina, Colombia, Iran, Nepal, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan, Costa Rica, and South Africa.
The list has been put together by the bureau of investigative journalism. It says that the situation in these countries has been exacerbated because of low vaccination rates.
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After an unprecedented high, the trajectory of COVID-19 cases seem to be finally falling down in India. With cases peaking across states, the positivity rate going down, experts believe that the deadly second wave of coronavirus, attributed to the mutant virus variant, seems to be finally coming closer to declining.
Yet, there s one factor that continues to be concerning- staggering fatalities.
Despite the second wave of coronavirus showing signs of ebbing since the second week of May, across India, hospitalizations continue to be on the higher side, and COVID-19 deaths are rising.
If numbers are to go by, not only did the rising numbers engulf the country starting February end, the number of fatalities have been continuously on the rise. A study conducted by John Hopkins University points out that the number of new deaths rose by a whopping 143% in the recent three months.
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My COVID story: I developed palpitations despite having normal oxygen levels
The union government on Thursday said an empowered group has initiated mapping of 12 high burden state in terms of coronavirus cases to medical Oxygen sources. 100 new hospitals to have their own Oxygen plant under PM-CARES Fund and another 50,000 million tonne (MT) of medical oxygen will be imported, said the government. Medical oxygen is a critical component in the treatment of coronavirus affected patients. As coronavirus cases rise there has been increasing demand for medical oxygen, especially from the 12 states with high burden of active cases. A meeting of empowered group was held today to review the availability of essential medical equipment and oxygen and three important decisions were taken.