Indonesia has supplied around 3,400 oxygen cylinders and concentrators to India in May when the last was hit with a second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.
Indonesia, the fourth most populated countries in the world, currently grappling with severe oxygen supply shortages to treat critical patients infected with Coronavirus (Covid-19). This was a change in a drastic situation just two months ago, in May, Indonesia provided oxygen supply to India, when the last was hit with a second wave of pandemic. Indonesia has supplied around 3,400 oxygen cylinders and concentrators to India.
The Indonesian government has reached several countries including China, Singapore, Australia to overcome the lack of oxygen. Luhut Binsar Pandjawan, the minister responsible for the response of the Covid-19 country’s pandemic, told the Associated Press on Friday that the government had received more than 1,000 oxygen cylinders, concentrators, ventilators and other health devices arrived from Singapore along with 1,000 ventilators provided by Australia.
Pandjaitan said on Friday the government also planned to buy 36,000 tons of oxygen and 10,000 concentrators from Singapore, adding him to come into contact with China and other countries.
Indonesia has so far recorded 2,455,912 cases and 64,631 deaths from viral diseases. However, reports show that cases and death are being reported and the actual amount is much higher than the official figure. On Friday, the country reported 38,124 cases and 871 deaths again in the last 24 hours. This was the first time in six days the country did not see a record of increasing in his daily tally.
However, the country currently faces a more severe wave of pandemic because of which hospitals are overwhelmed with more and more covid-19 patients infected. Many of these patients are dying in isolation at home or while waiting to receive emergency treatment, the next AP is reported.
In Java, the hospital has begun to set up an emergency intensive care unit (ICUS) during mid-June. Earlier this week, the emergency room at a public hospital in the city of Bandung was closed after running out of oxygen, Yaya Mulyana, deputy mayor of the city, told AP.
In accordance with government data, Indonesian daily oxygen requirements have risen to 1,928 tons and the total available production capacity is 2,262 tons per day.
“I request 100% oxygen to go to the medical destination first, which means that all industrial allocations must be transferred to medical,” said Minister of Pandidites on Friday, adding it is a race against time and “we have to work fast”. In response, the State Ministry of Industry issued an official order stating all oxygen supplies were sent to hospitals flooded with Covid-19 patients and urged people in the industrial sector to work together. “
On the vaccination front, a total of 1.47 million health workers in this country will be provided with the third Booster using a modern vaccine, the government said on Friday. This decision came after several health workers, who have been fully inoculated with China Sinovac Jab, died of viral diseases.