Congress leader and the party’s general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said that the Union government increased oxygen exports by 700% in the Covid-19 pandemic year and did not make arrangements for tankers to transport the oxygen within the country. In every state we saw how many patients died due to lack of oxygen. The govt replied today that nobody in the country has died due to shortage of oxygen. In every state we saw how many patients died due to lack of oxygen. The demand for medical oxygen swelled during the second wave of infections across many hospitals in the country.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2021 09:56 UTC