At least 24 COVID-19 patients in India die after the oxygen supply to their ventilators runs out, amid a nationwide shortage.
At least 24 COVID-19 patients in western India have died after the oxygen supply to their ventilators ran out, amid a nationwide shortage of the gas and a surge in infections.In one incident, people tried to loot an oxygen tankerMaharashtra State Health Minister Rajesh Tope confirmed the deaths at a hospital in Nashik city and said the hospital's oxygen supply ran out because a tanker refilling it suffered a leak. Oxygen was running scarce throughout the country.
The situation was so severe that some people tried to loot an oxygen tanker, forcing authorities to beef up security, according to the health minister of the northern state of Haryana. Authorities in Maharashtra, which is already under partial lockdown, late on Wednesday ordered additional restrictions on the movement of people within the city and state until May 1 to curb the coronavirus' spread.The order said all offices, except those providing essential services, must operate with 15 per cent staff.
Only the United States had a slightly higher one-day rise of 297,430 cases in January, though its tally has since fallen sharply. India's 2,023 deaths were also its highest in the pandemic.Adding to the sense of alarm, the Serum Institute of India, which manufactures the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, said it will not be able to raise its monthly output to 100 million doses from the current 60 million-70 million until July, compared to its previous forecast of late May.
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