“Dire need of beds, oxygen”: India’s capital under siege from COVID-19
New Delhi, IndiaReuters India’s capital New Delhi recorded 25,500 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, with about one in three people tested returning a positive result, its Chief Minister said, urging the Federal Government to provide more hospital beds to tackle the crisis. Less than 100 critical care beds were available in the city of […]
WHO warns of oxygen shortage as COVID cases set to top 10 million
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The world faces a shortage of oxygen concentrators as the number of worldwide cases of coronavirus infection nears the 10 million mark, the World Health Organization head said on Wednesday. “Many countries are now experiencing difficulties obtaining oxygen concentrators,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference. “Demand is currently outstripping […]