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May divert all oxygen supply for medical use: CM Uddhav Thackeray

With the demand for oxygen surging, the state public health department had last month directed oxygen manufacturers to divert 80 per cent of their stocks for medical use and retain the rest 20 per cent for industrial purposes.

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Uddhav Thackeray. File Pic

Uddhav Thackeray. File Pic

With Maharashtra recording over half of the daily coronavirus cases in India, the state government is considering diverting all industrial use oxygen supply for medical use, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday.

In an online interaction with newspaper owners, editors and distributors, he said a decision on imposing stringent measures to tackle the pandemic will be taken soon but did not confirm if there will be a state wide lockdown.

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