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A member of Serbia’s Olympic rowing team tested positive for the new coronavirus on arrival in Japan, an official said today, the third Covid infection confirmed among Olympic team members visiting for the Tokyo Games starting this month.
A member of Uganda’s Olympic squad tested positive for the virus on arrival last month and a second member was confirmed as having the virus a few days later.
Indonesia has ordered oxygen-makers to prioritise medical needs amid growing demand from Covid patients, the government said today, after more than 60 deaths in a hospital where supply of the life-saving gas was almost exhausted, Reuters reports.
The world’s fourth most populous nation is battling one of Asia’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, with yesterday’s 27,913 infections becoming the newest of many peaks during the last two weeks.
In a statement, the Sardjito hospital on the island of Java said 63 patients died after it nearly ran out of oxygen over the period from yesterday until early today, when fresh supplies arrived. A hospital spokesman could not confirm if all the dead had suffered from coronavirus, however.
