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Home Oxygen shortages bite in poorer countries battling Covid Oxygen shortages bite in poorer countries battling Covid Life-saving supplies key to treating patients, with jabs months away for much of world World Economy News 1 Feb 2021 • 4 min read Global demand for medical oxygen to treat patients with Covid-19 has risen sharply in recent months, fast outstripping supplies and raising concerns that thousands of patients in low and middle-income countries will not receive life-saving treatment. Demand has increased by more than a fifth in the past three months, with many countries experiencing larger rises. Manufacturers have been diverting oxygen from industrial uses such as welding to healthcare, but funding and focus have been limited, and capacity in hospitals and clinics is insufficient to cope with the jump in intensive-care patients, companies and health experts say.

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