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COVID-19: Nepal makes govt nod mandatory for procurement of medical oxygen ANI | Updated: May 09, 2021 08:42 IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 9 (ANI): Nepal s Ministry of Health has made it mandatory for hospitals to secure the government s nod to acquire medical oxygen from factories, as the recent surge in COVID-19 cases has led to a spike in demand for oxygen.
The health ministry said that government hospitals, as well as community or private hospitals, would now require a recommendation to acquire much-needed oxygen for the treatment of coronavirus patients. COVID-19 cases are ravaging Nepal as the second wave sweeps through the nation. Many of the infected now rely on a continuous supply of medical oxygen and in order to make it more organized it is now mandatory for all government, community or private hospital to produce recommendation from the Ministry of Health and Population in order to refill oxygen gas cylinders, the Health Emergency
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Beyond India, a growing number of Asian countries are being ravaged by fresh coronavirus waves
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As India’s coronavirus catastrophe worsens, new waves of infections are fast engulfing a growing number of nations across South and Southeast Asia with some grappling with their worst outbreaks since the pandemic began.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that India had accounted for nearly half of all global infections and a quarter of deaths reported in the past week.
But cases have also skyrocketed in countries around India, from Nepal in the north to Sri Lanka and the Maldives in the south. And it’s not just India’s neighbors further away in Southeast Asia, infections are also surging in Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia.