O2 supply under stress as virus cases surge: Pak

IslamabaD: Pakistan reported its highest count of coronavirus patients in critical condition to date on Monday and said oxygen supply capacity in the country was under “stress” amid a third wave of the pandemic. “Critical care patients are now above 4,500, which is 30 percent higher than peak in June last year,” said Asad Umar, head of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the body responsible for the country’s response to the pandemic. (dpa)