The Ministry of Industry and Trade estimated the reserves of medical oxygen against the background of "omicron"

To date, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has not received information from the regions about the difficulties in providing medical oxygen, the press service of the department reported in response to a request from RBC. Such information is updated in the Ministry of Industry and Trade on a daily basis, the representative of the ministry added.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, RUSSIA produces about 10,000 tons of oxygen per day in normal mode, and about 11,000 tons in freelance mode. The healthcare system usually consumed 3,300 tons of oxygen, at its peak - 3,500 tons. t per day.

The need to prepare for a new wave of coronavirus infections due to the spread of the Omicron strain in Russia on the eve of January 12 was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova and President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with government members.

“What is happening in the world and has already begun to happen at the end of [2021] in our country, on the territory of the Russian Federation, is the spread of the Omicron strain. We already understand now, and this evidence, unfortunately, is present, that we cannot avoid a new epidemic rise, but our task is to take comprehensive measures to curb the spread of the infection,” Golikova said.