NEW DELHI (AP) - Under order by the Supreme Court, India's government on Thursday agreed to provide more medical oxygen to hospitals in the capital city of New Delhi, potentially easing a 2-week-old shortage that worsened the country's exploding coronavirus crisis.Government officials also denied reports that they have been slow in distributing life-saving medical supplies donated from abroad.The government raised the oxygen supply to 730 tons from 490 tons per day in New Delhi as ordered by the Supreme Court.
The court intervened after 12 COVID-19 patients, including a doctor, died last week at New Delhi’s Batra Hospital when it ran out of medical oxygen for 80 minutes.On Wednesday night, 11 other COVID-19 patients died when pressure in an.