Indonesia triples oxygen supplies as Covid-19 outbreak worsens
by Rebecca Ratcliffe and Gemma Holliani Cahya from on (#5KSCY)
Hospitals in Jakarta unable to cope with demand as Delta variant accounts for more than 60% of cases
Indonesia is tripling its oxygen supplies to hospitals as data suggests the Delta variant of coronavirus is now driving the country's worsening outbreak, accounting for more than 60% of recent cases.
Indonesia's health minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, told the Guardian that three-quarters of the national oxygen production used for industry would be redeployed to hospitals for the next two weeks.
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