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Indonesia is asking for extra supplies of oxygen after 33 people sick with Covid-19 died when supplies ran out at a public hospital, the AP reports.
“Due to an increase of three to four times in the amount (of oxygen) needed, the distribution has been hampered,” said Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, the coordinating maritime affairs and investment minister.
British prime minister Boris Johnson’s expected announcement that face masks will soon become optional in England, including on public transport, has been debated all day.
The powerful Unite union, which represents tens of thousands of transport workers, said it would be “an act of gross negligence” to allow people to choose to wear masks on public transport as infections continue to rise.
Mayors in some of England’s Covid hotspots want mandatory mask-wearing to continue on public transport after the next stage of unlocking on 19 July.
Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, also wants shoppers to have to wear face coverings in supermarkets, chemists and other essential retail locations in order to protect vulnerable shoppers.
Related: Masks should remain mandatory on public transport, say English mayors
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