Despite a weekend lockdown, which has led to a slight deacceleration in the growth of daily COVID-19 cases and stabilization of daily deaths, the resources of Ukraine’s healthcare system remain extremely stressed as patients are left literally gasping for air. As with many other instances of state negligence in Ukraine, volunteers are struggling to fill in the gaps with oxygen procurement.
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Alya Shandra: Volunteers procure oxygen to Ukrainian hospitals
A medical worker wearing protective gear arrives at the infectious disease ward of Kyiv's Oleksandrivska Clinical Hospital on Oct. 12, 2020.
