ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, in a series of tweets on Friday, said next few weeks are critical and no system can cope if we allow the coronavirus pandemic to spread rapidly.
Asad Umar said the total number of critical care covid patients on oxygen reached 5,360 yesterday, which is 57% more than the peak last June. “Alhamdulillah have so far managed to cope with this huge increase because of proactively building capacity of the entire system from oxygen production to beds,” he said.
“Total oxygen production operational capacity in Pakistan last year was 487 tons/day. It has been increased to 798 tons. Oxygen production has gone up from 465 tons/day last jun to 725 tons currently. We also imported 19,200 oxygen cylinders last year to ensure distribution.”
