Oxygen crisis in Indonesia amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Demand for oxygen cylinders and refills for home medical needs has increased. This is parallel to the increase of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia in the last few weeks. As happened at one of the oxygen refill store in Manggarai, South Jakarta, dozens of residents were willing to queue for hours just to refill oxygen cylinders. They hunt for these items to supply oxygen for their family who are undergoing independent treatment at home, because almost every single hospitals are fully loaded, said one of resident. However, not only a few residents bought and in urgent needs for oxygen cylinders as an anticipation for Corona virus.