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MEXICO – 2021/01/21: People wearing face masks wait in a line to refill their oxygen tanks.
The country faces a shortage of oxygen tanks and a fourfold rise in prices as cases of Covid-19 increase.
People line up to buy oxygen for their relatives infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), to help them breath during the illness. (Photo by Guillermo Diaz/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Oxygen companies put profit over patients by spreading misinformation in Mexico

Companies falsely claimed that onsite oxygen plants could kill patients

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Madlen Davies, Lorena Rios & Chrissie Giles

Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the province would do whatever is needed to address the shortage of additional space and beds to accommodate the rising Covid-19 admissions in hospitals.

Gauteng’s third-wave contagion is heading towards a worst-case scenario

Tighter measures are necessary to contain Covid-19’s spread in Gauteng, but returning to level-five restrictions is not on the cards, says Makhura

Chris Gilili