Nepal gets more China-donated oxygen cylinders amid oxygen crisis over COVID-19 – World

KATHMANDU, May 16 (Xinhua) — Nepal received a second shipment of China-donated oxygen cylinders on Sunday as the Himalayan country is facing a short supply of medical oxygen for a growing number of COVID-19 patients. A Nepal Airlines plane landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 2:30 p.m. local time with oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrators from China, Dim Prasad Poudel, managing director of the airline, told Xinhua. On Tuesday, Nepal received the first batch of oxygen cylinders from China. According to Nepal’s Ministry of Finance, there is an agreement with China for the delivery of oxygen cylinders…