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Ahmedabad/New Delhi, May 11 (EFE/EPA).- At least 11 coronavirus patients died from lack of oxygen in a hospital in southern India, after the tanker bringing medical oxygen was delayed, in what is the latest incident of this type in the country amid an unprecedented health crisis, official sources reported Tuesday.The incident occurred overnight at the SVR Ruia hospital in Tirupati, in Andhra Pradesh state, when the oxygen supply to Covid-19 patients in the ICU was disrupted for a few minutes, head of district administration, Hari Narayanan, told the media. (Camera:DIVYAKANT SOLANKI/RAJAT GUPTA). SHOT LIST: A COVID-19 HOSPITAL AND CREMATIONS TAKING PLACE IN AHMEDABAD AND PEOPLE GETTING OXYGEN CYLINDERS REFILLED FROM AN OXYGEN PLANT IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.

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