Mexico City struggling with medical oxygen shortage amid pandemic

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As hospitals in the Mexico City metro area have been at or near capacity since late December, many people are needing some level of treatment at home. But now there’s a shortage of medical oxygen canisters and for those lucky enough to have one, the lines to fill them up are hours long.

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