Court orders Indian government to submit oxygen plan within 24 hours

With 382,315 new confirmed cases, India’s tally has risen to more than 20.6 million since the pandemic began

A man carries a refilled oxygen cylinder. Picture: Ishant Chauhan/AP

India’s highest court has ordered the government to submit a plan on meeting New Delhi hospitals’ oxygen requirements within a day.

The Supreme Court decided against immediately punishing officials for failing to end a two-week long erratic supply of oxygen to overstretched hospitals.