WHO bemoans lack of oxygen for critical COVID-19 patients - Healthwise

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday lamented that many severely-ill COVID-19 patients are not getting the oxygen they need to stay alive.

According to him, many countries are now experiencing difficulties in obtaining oxygen concentrators. The WHO chief said medical oxygen is produced using oxygen concentrators, which extract and purify oxygen from the air. “Ongoing talks with suppliers in recent weeks have enabled WHO to buy 14, 000 oxygen concentrators, which will be sent to 120 countries in the coming weeks. WHO has identified a further 170,000 concentrators that can be available over the next six months, with a value of $100 million.

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