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An oxygen cylinder plant in Kampala, Uganda. The Ugandan army has started producing oxygen for state-run hospitals to ease the burden existing plants as COVID-19 cases — and demand for oxygen for severe illness — keep rising. Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images
Africa Is Running Out Of Oxygen
June 24, 2021 • As COVID surges, so does demand for oxygen. And oxygen manufacturing plants simply can't keep up. That's bad news not only for severely ill COVID-19 patients but others in need, including newborns.