The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday claimed that there has been a seven-fold increase in the supply of Liquid Medical Oxygen on May 9. According to the health ministry, the steel sector has the capacity of producing 630 MT of oxygen each day. The ministry claimed the Centre has procured one lakh oxygen concentrators under the PM Cares Fund. Besides, the countries also delivered ventilators/BiPAP/CPAP (610); oxygen concentrators (300) and Favipiravir - 12,600 strips (each strip contains 40 tablets). The process of effective immediate allocation and streamlined delivery to the recipient states/UTs and institutions is being comprehensively monitoring on a regular basis by the Union Health Ministry.

Source: Mint May 11, 2021 12:33 UTC