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Just two months ago, Indonesia was still supplying oxygen tanks to India. Now, a new wave of confirmed cases of the new crown puts this Southeast Asian country in a situation of oxygen shortage. According to the Associated Press, the Indonesian government is seeking emergency supplies from Singapore, China and other countries.

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According to the report, Indonesia’s government minister in charge of responding to the new crown pandemic, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said that a batch of more than 1,000 oxygen cylinders, ventilators and other medical equipment arrived from Singapore on Friday, and 1,000 ventilators arrived from Singapore. Arrived in Australia.

The report also said that Luhut said that in addition to this, Indonesia also plans to purchase 36,000 tons of oxygen and 10,000 oxygen generators from neighboring Singapore. He also said that he is in contact with China and other potential oxygen suppliers.

According to the Associated Press, according to government data, Indonesia needs 1928 tons of oxygen per day, while the domestically produced energy is 2262 tons per day. "I require 100% of oxygen to be used for medical care, which means that all industrial quotas must be transferred to medical care. We are racing against time, we have to hurry up." Luhut said.

In addition, due to the rapid spread of the delta variant virus, Luhut also warned that Indonesia may face the worst case of 50,000 new cases per day, and the next two weeks will be very critical.

The report mentioned that Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, has reported more than 2.4 million people diagnosed with the new crown and nearly 65,000 deaths. Indonesia also reported 1,040 deaths on Wednesday, and nearly 39,000 confirmed cases were reported in a single day on Thursday and Friday. Since June, the spread of the new crown epidemic in Indonesia has accelerated, and new confirmed cases have risen sharply. The Indonesian government previously announced that it would implement restrictions on small-scale public activities in all administrative regions from June 1 to July 20, but these measures have failed to effectively contain the epidemic. Indonesian President Joko announced in early July that emergency public activity restrictions will be implemented on the island of Java and Bali from July 3 to 20.