Updated On: 22 July, 2021 08:06 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
The Centre on Tuesday told the Rajya Sabha that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by states and UTs during the second wave

People wait to refill their cylinders at a centre in May. File pic/AFP
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said there have been many deaths due to oxygen shortage at several places across the country, and it was “completely false” to say no one died for want of the life-saving gas.
The Centre on Tuesday told the Rajya Sabha that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by states and UTs during the second wave.