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FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Oxygen shortages compound death toll as India confronts Covid-19 surge” – below is their description.
At least 24 COVID-19 patients in western India died on Wednesday when the oxygen supply to their ventilators ran out, amid a nationwide shortage of the gas and a surge in infections.
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