Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has convened a gathering of chief secretaries and senior officers of 10 states and Delhi on Monday to debate the difficulty of medical oxygen, officers mentioned. There have been stories of scarcity of the medical oxygen for COVID-19 sufferers in numerous components of the nation in the previous few days as a consequence of a surge in circumstances.

The assembly is scheduled at 3 pm and will probably be held just about.

The cupboard secretary has convened a video convention for Monday on the difficulty of medical oxygen with chief secretaries and senior officers of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Delhi, a authorities official mentioned

The Centre on Friday had directed states to make sure uninterrupted motion of medical oxygen carrying automobiles borders and mentioned that they need to not impose any curb on manufacturing and provide of the important public well being commodity anyplace.

On Sunday, the federal government banned provide of oxygen to industrial items, besides in 9 specified classes.

The motion got here within the wake of stories of scarcity of medical oxygen, which is essential in therapy of coronavirus sufferers.