The COVID-19 task force announced 47,899 new cases, the sixth daily record in the past 10 days and up about sevenfold from a month ago, with total infections now topping 2.6 million. With hospitals overflowing in parts of densely populated Java island, demand for medical oxygen had outstripped production capacity of just over 1,700 tonnes a day, said health minister Budi Gunadai Sadikin. What used to be 400 tonnes, now it's 2,000 tonnes," Budi told a parliamentary hearing. The government was in talks with industry about letting authorities have their excess capacity, as well as looking at imports, Budi said. "The president has ordered us to look into the worst case scenario," he added.

Source: bd News24 July 13, 2021 11:37 UTC