NEW DELHI: India is dispatching 10 containers of liquid medical oxygen to Bangladesh via a train dubbed "Oxygen Express," two officials said on Saturday as Bangladesh battles a surge in covid-19 infections. The train has left from Tatanagar in Jamshedpur and is carrying 200 tonnes of oxygen, said one of the two officials cited above. Bangladesh has registered more than 1.1 million cases of covid-19 with more than 18,000 dead, as per the news reports. The country's Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 11,578 new covid-19 cases and 225 more deaths, taking the tally at 1,103,989 and the death toll at 17,894. Despite a tough lockdown since 1 July, the surge in coronavirus cases and deaths in recent weeks shows little sign of abating.

Source: Mint July 24, 2021 11:26 UTC