adminUS$13m oxygen plant breathes new life into Zim’s Covid-19 fight
President Mnangagwa recently launched an oxygen plant in Mutare that produces gaseous oxygen, liquid oxygen and nitrogen. This is a huge development for Zimbabwe and Africa, where the gap in medical oxygen availability is one of the defining health equity issues in the fight against Covid-19. Apart from Covid-19, oxygen is critical for basic surgeries and the treatment of many acute illnesses like pneumonia. In this report, Sifelani Tsiko (ST), our Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor speaks to Verify Engineering chief executive Engineer Pedzisai Tapfumaneyi (PT) about this new infrastructure and how it is going to ensure Zimbabwe is self-sufficient in the production of oxygen, a hugely critical need in the wake of the third Covid-19 wave hitting the country.
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