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May
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Medical oxygen should not be a luxury – we’re trying to develop a cheaper way to produce it

Medical oxygen should not be a luxury – we’re trying to develop a cheaper way to produce it

SCIENCE, TECH AND INNOVATION
PEOPLE might once have considered oxygen a human right. But the pandemic has revealed that access to oxygen – in a pure form, for medical use – is a luxury in most low and middle-income countries. DAVID FAIREN-JIMENEZ, Reader in Molecular Engineering, University of Cambridge Getting access to pure oxygen for medical treatments is a complicated, expensive and often very dangerous business. The current situation in India is a harsh reminder of this issue. The second wave of COVID-19 has hit the country hard, the total number of deaths has just passed the 200,000 mark. Oxygen is in short supply.…
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May
04
2021
By The African Mirror
‘No one should die’: Volunteers provide oxygen as India’s COVID tally nears 20 million

‘No one should die’: Volunteers provide oxygen as India’s COVID tally nears 20 million

WORLD
ADNAN ABIDI and SHILPA JAMKHANDIKAR INDIA’S tally of coronavirus infections rose on Monday to just short of 20 million, propelled by a 12th straight day of more than 300,000 new cases, as scientists predicted the pandemic could peak in the next couple of days. Total infections since the start of the pandemic have reached 19.93 million, swelled by 368,147 new cases over the past 24 hours, while the death toll rose by 3,417 to 218,959, health ministry data show. At least 3.4 million people are currently being treated. But medical experts say actual numbers could be five to 10 times…
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May
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Tanzania installs oxygen production plants

Tanzania installs oxygen production plants

COVID-19
TANZANIA has installed medical oxygen production plants in its biggest national hospitals to serve intensive care wards treating coronavirus patients, its health ministry said yesterday. The ministry statement said the plants installed in each hospital will produce 200 medical oxygen cylinders a day. The announcement that the plants had been installed in seven referral hospitals in a World Bank-backed project was another change of COVID-19 policies since the death of President John Magufuli in March. Earlier this month, President Samia Suluhu Hassan shifted the country's approach to COVID-19 from the controversial stances of her predecessor by announcing she was forming…
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Apr
26
2021
By The African Mirror
PM Modi says India shaken by coronavirus ‘storm’, U.S. readies help

PM Modi says India shaken by coronavirus ‘storm’, U.S. readies help

WORLD
SANJEEV MIGLANI and SUDARSHAN VARADHAN PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi urged all citizens to be vaccinated and exercise caution, saying the "storm" of infections had shaken India, as the country set a new global record of the most number of COVID-19 infections in a day. The United States said it was deeply concerned by the massive surge in coronavirus cases in India and would rapidly send aid. The number of cases surged by 349,691 in the past 24 hours, the fourth straight day of record peaks. Hospitals in Delhi and across the country are turning away patients after running out of…
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