3,000 tons of liquid oxygen from China arrive in Myanmar to help fight pandemic

This picture taken on July 14, 2021 shows people waiting to fill empty oxygen canisters at a location donating oxygen at no cost in Yangon, amid a surge in the number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases. Residents across Myanmar's biggest city are defying a military curfew in a desperate search for oxygen to keep their loved ones breathing as a new coronavirus wave crashes over the coup-wracked country. - AFP

YANGON, July 17 (Xinhua): A total of 3,000 tons of liquid oxygen from China arrived in Myanmar's second largest city Mandalay on Saturday, according to a release from the Chinese Embassy to Myanmar.

The liquid oxygen purchased by Myanmar public welfare organisations was transported through the China-Myanmar border port, in efforts to help Myanmar fight the Covid-19 pandemic.