Afghanistan running out of oxygen as Covid surge worsens

Men wait to get their oxygen cylinders refilled (Rahmat Gul/AP)

Afghanistan is racing to ramp up supplies of oxygen as a deadly third wave of Covid-19 worsens, a senior health official said on Saturday.

The government is installing oxygen supply plants in 10 provinces where the increase in Covid cases in some areas is hovering around 65%, health ministry spokesman Ghulam Dasigi Nazary told The Associated Press.