Medical oxygen suppliers see spike in demand - The Mail & Guardian

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According to data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, the past two weeks have seen more than 650 patients having to be put on ventilators.

As hospitals deal with an increasing number of Covid-19 cases, medical oxygen suppliers have also seen an up-to-fourfold increase in demand for their products.

“Afrox can confirm that there is a three- to fourfold increase in demand and this is attested to the increase in cases in the identified hotspots,” said Nolundi Rawana,National Institute for Communicable Diseases,Afrox, which supplies oxygen mostly to government facilities, said it started seeing an increase in demand in December.

 

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