Healthcare workers treat a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an emergency tent after 63 patients died at a Sardjito hospital during oxygen scarcity in Sleman, Yogyakarta province, Indonesia July 4, 2021 in this photo taken by Antara Foto/Hendra Nurdiyansyah via REUTERS
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has ordered oxygen makers to prioritise medical needs amid growing demand from COVID-19 patients, the government said on Sunday, following more than 60 deaths in a hospital where supply of the life-saving gas was almost exhausted.
The world's fourth most populous nation is battling one of Asia's worst coronavirus outbreaks, with Saturday's 27,913 infections becoming the newest of many peaks during the last two weeks.
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