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Indonesia faces oxygen shortage as Delta variant takes hold

Guardian, 06 Jul 2021
Hospitals in Indonesia are being pushed to the brink by an outbreak of the Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus. Supplies of medical oxygen are dangerously low or non-existent on the main island of Java. The south-east Asian country reported 555 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday, its biggest daily rise since the pandemic began, taking the death toll to 60,582.

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