People line up to fill oxygen cylinders outside a factory in Yangon on July 14. (AFP)
People line up to fill oxygen cylinders outside a factory in Yangon on July 14. (AFP)

‘We can’t help patients who are in need’: Deaths continue as regime tightens grip on oxygen

New restrictions on the sale and distribution of oxygen to the public have made it harder to treat COVID-19 patients at home and social welfare groups have warned the rules could result in more preventable deaths.

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