Ukraine's hospitals could run out of oxygen within next 24 hours as Russian invasion disrupts supply lines - World Health Organisation

The World Health Organisation has warned that oxygen supplies – important for the fight against Covid-19 and other illnesses – are reaching a “very dangerous point” in Ukraine due to transportation difficulties in the wake of Russia’s military invasion.

“The majority of hospitals could exhaust their oxygen reserves within the next 24 hours. Some have already run out. This puts thousands of lives at risk,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO Europe regional director Dr Hans Kluge in a joint statement.

They said electricity and power shortages, and the danger of ambulances getting caught in the crossfire, were increasing the risks to patients.