The Brazilian city of Manaus was facing an extreme shortage of essential hospital supplies and bed space on Friday amid a new spurt of coronavirus cases, prompting two army planes to fly over 18 tons of oxygen cylinders as an emergency stopgap.
On Thursday, several medical facilities across the Amazonas state capital city – home to more than 2 million people - reported they had run out of oxygen cylinders to ventilate patients.
Industrial gas company White Martins, the largest supplier of oxygen to the city's hospitals, said in a statement on Thursday that demand had almost tripled in comparison to Manaus' first coronavirus wave in mid-2020.
Last May, as the city's morgues overflowed with coronavirus victims, Manaus consumed a maximum of 30,000 cubic metres of oxygen per day. Now, that demand has risen to over 70,000 cubic metres.
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