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BENGALURU: At a time when the Centre has asked states to ban production of oxygen for industrial use and enhance production of medical oxygen, Karnataka could face scarcity as oxygen produced in the state is being exported to other states.
On Monday, the Union government held a video conference with chief secretaries and heads of industries departments in all states to bring them up to date on the Centre’s directives with regard to medical oxygen.
At the meeting, Karnataka was told it will be allocated 300 tonnes of oxygen from the national pool, although seven companies in the state have the capacity to produce as much as 812 tonnes of oxygen. The allocation sent the state government into a tizzy as daily consumption in the state has shot up to 305 tonnes as of Monday.
Picture used for representational purpose only
BENGALURU: At a time when the Centre has asked states to ban production of oxygen for industrial use and enhance production of medical oxygen, Karnataka could face scarcity as oxygen produced in the state is being exported to other states.
On Monday, the Union government held a video conference with chief secretaries and heads of industries departments in all states to bring them up to date on the Centre’s directives with regard to medical oxygen.
At the meeting, Karnataka was told it will be allocated 300 tonnes of oxygen from the national pool, although seven companies in the state have the capacity to produce as much as 812 tonnes of oxygen. The allocation sent the state government into a tizzy as daily consumption in the state has shot up to 305 tonnes as of Monday.
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BENGALURU: What type of mask should one wear if he or she is coughing? Researchers at IISc suggest wearing multilayered masks to prevent aerosol generation as these do not allow escape of droplet volume when the person coughs. The study carried out by IISc in association with scientists from UC San Diego and University of Toronto Engineering has been published in Science Advances.
According to IISc, when a person coughs, large droplets (>200 microns) hit the inner surface of a mask at a high speed, penetrate the mask fabric and break up or atomise into smaller droplets, which have a greater chance of aerosolisation and thereby carry viruses like SARS-CoV2 with them.