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Indonesia Orders 10,000 Oxygen Concentrators from Singapore

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7 July 2021 08:23 WIB

People wearing protective masks queue to refill oxygen tanks as Indonesia experiences an oxygen supply shortage amid a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, at a filling station in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 5, 2021. Indonesia has prepared backup health facilities for a worst-case scenario where daily coronavirus infections reach 40,000 to 50,000, senior minister Luhut Pandjaitan. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia has ordered 10,000 oxygen concentrators from Singapore to meet surging domestic demand amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, stated Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

"We ordered 10,000 (units) and some of them have arrived on a Hercules jet from Singapore, and we will also have shipments from other places should we experience a shortage," he said at an online press conference, which was streamed from Jakarta via the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube channel on Tuesday.

Pandjaitan, who is also coordinator for the implementation of emergency mobility restrictions (PPKM) in Java and Bali, explained that oxygen concentrators will be distributed to COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms.

Oxygen concentrators can extract oxygen from the air and process it so that it can be inhaled by patients.

The government is continuing to mobilize oxygen supply for medical needs, the minister said.

At the moment, 100 percent of oxygen supplies for industries are being diverted for COVID-19 handling, he added.

"This is to help those in isolation and those who are being intensively treated," he remarked.

The government has redirected oxygen supplies from Morowali in Central Sulawesi, Cilegon in Banten, and Batam in Riau Islands, Pandjaitan informed.

The minister had previously coordinated with the Ministry of Industry to map out oxygen needs of all regions.

The Industry Ministry has said that oxygen producers are now "100-percent obligated" to redirect oxygen they produce for medical purposes. With such a policy in place, of the 1,700 tonnes of oxygen produced every day in the country, 1,400 tonnes is being distributed on the island of Java, it added.

Smaller oxygen industries have also been directed to produce pharmaceutical oxygen, the ministry said.

Read also: Indonesia Provides 1,400 Oxygen Concentrators to India

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