TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Once donated 200 units to India last May, now Indonesia has ordered 10 thousand oxygen concentrators for medical oxygen supplies from Singapore and China.The reason is the same as that experienced in India at the beginning of the year, Indonesia is now recording a large wave of new Covid-19 cases.The import of 10 thousand units of oxygen concentrator is to increase the supply of oxygen to hospitals.Previously, the government stated that it had requested the transfer of all industrial oxygen production to hospital patients or medical oxygen.In total, according to data from the Ministry of Health, the need for oxygen for intensive care and isolation of Covid-19 patients currently reaches 1,928 tons per day, while the available capacity is 2,262 tons per day.From here a tool that can filter oxygen from the free air becomes very necessary.In the words of the Head of Clinical Care at WHO, Janet Diaz, "Today's life-saving therapy is medical oxygen."He said that in the Science in 5 on Covid-19 program episode 33 published by WHO, April 9, 2021. At that time the world had already seen queues and fighting for oxygen for medical purposes in India and many other countries such as Congo in Africa and Brazil, Peru. and Venezuela in Latin America.Diaz explained that in cases of severe symptoms of Covid-19, oxygen levels in the blood can drop, which can be seen from the condition of shortness of breath.This is where the role of the oxygen concentrator is needed, namely to keep oxygen levels within the normal range, more than 95 percent."If the oxygen levels are low, if the levels are low for a long time, if these conditions are not treated... your organs, they will start to malfunction," he said.Oxygen concentrator works by separating oxygen from other gases and impurities in the air through an iterative process of compression-filtration-purification.Oxygen for medical production must achieve a purity of more than 99.5 percent."That air, which you breathe in -- let's say from a cylinder -- is almost pure oxygen," Diaz says.Oxygen can also be compressed into liquid form, but the temperature must be kept below -182 degrees Celsius.If this could be done, one liter of liquid oxygen would be equivalent to 800 liters of gas, and that would be very helpful in the distribution process.According to WHO data, one in five people infected with Covid-19 in the world need supplies to ensure adequate oxygen levels in their blood."About 21 percent of the air is oxygen but we need to compress it into medical oxygen and that requires technology," said Diaz.Another challenge, he said, is understanding the use of oxygen concentrators."Keeping the technology up, fixing anything that breaks, and making sure the pipelines work."Also read: Viral Video Making Your Own Oxygen Device, Experts Warn ThisDue to the increase in daily Covid-19 cases in Jakarta, the positivity rate in the past week has crossed 10 percent.Today's Covid cases in Indonesia are still increasing.The Ministry of Health recorded that there were 1,907 people who were confirmed positive on Thursday, June 23, 2022.India protects Russia by issuing export certificates that allow the export of oil to the rest of the world.The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) has a mirror made of a thin layer of liquid mercury.Recently, there has been a lot of news circulating about BPJS Kesehatan's contributions rising to Rp. 12 million.Really?Indonesia will export 100 thousand tons of rice per year.This year's International Yoga Day is celebrated with the theme Yoga for Humanity.In addition to the Vivo X Fold, there will also be a row of innovative products and the latest Vivo technology such as...Widespread flooding in Bangladesh and northeast India leaves 69 dead and millions isolated without foodThe COP 15 agenda for the long overdue conference on biodiversity has finally been decided to be held in Canada this year