Ukraine’s hospitals face oxygen shortage, WHO leaders warn

'I think the estimate just last week was that there was at least 2,000 people on oxygen for Covid in Ukraine'

Ukraine is struggling to supply its hospitals with oxygen after three oxygen plants closed (Niall Carson/PA)

Ukraine’s hospitals face an oxygen shortage with at least 2,000 patients needing it to survive, World Health Organisation (WHO) leaders have warned.

WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told a press conference that oxygen supply levels in Ukraine’s hospitals were dangerously low due to the conflict.