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Covid-19: towards an oxygen shortage in the world?

Broadcast a few days ago, the video of Thalita Rocha, a Brazilian woman begging her compatriots to bring oxygen to the Manaus hospital, has gone viral. Testimonials like his could multiply in the coming weeks. Several regions of the world are indeed affected by oxygen shortages, indicatesThe Parisian. “There are some countries in Africa, South America and Asia. […] With the Covid-19, the oxygen needs in hospitals have been multiplied by seven, even ten “, explains to our colleagues Bernard Zenou, the president of a company which sells oxygen generators.

In Amazonas state, around 60 premature babies have been evacuated to São Paulo to bypass the shortage and dozens of patients are believed to have died from lack of oxygen, reports The Parisian. The newspaper also evokes worrying situations in Egypt, Los Angeles or the United Kingdom, where contaminations linked to the British variant require oxygen rationing in certain hospitals.

France could also be concerned

France could also soon be faced with oxygen shortages in the event of a failure in the supply system. “The most commonly used system today is to buy liquid or bottled oxygen and therefore have it delivered from factories. But, when one delivery per week was enough, it is now necessary once a day. […] It would suffice for the trucks not to be able to drive for twenty-four hours for this to pose problems, ”indicates Bernard Zenou on a daily basis.

 

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