Source: CCTV news client
According to data released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 37.7 million. In Orlando, Florida, oxygen demand has soared due to covid-19 hospitalizations. A few days ago, the Orlando city government has called on people not to water the lawn or wash the car for at least two weeks, so that the liquid oxygen required in the water treatment process can be transferred to the local hospital.
Recently, the number of hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in Florida has been on the rise. A major health care facility in the state's Orlando area said its hospitals currently treat 1,620 COVID-19 patients, twice as many as last winter's high. As the number of hospitalizations of covid-19 patients increases, so does their oxygen demand.
U.S. media reported that the Orlando Utilities Commission has long used liquid oxygen to purify water, and liquid oxygen suppliers have recently transferred some liquid oxygen to hospitals.
The Orlando Utilities Commission said it typically uses 10 truckloads of liquid oxygen per week. But the supplier recently said it would reduce the amount of liquid oxygen it provides to the committee by 3 to 5 cars a week to meet hospital needs. The Orlando Public Utilities Commission said on its social networking site that Orlando residents should be prepared to conserve water for at least two weeks.
In addition, if the water use situation continues to deteriorate, the Commission will consider issuing a "boiling water alert", that is, reminding the public to use bottled water or boiled tap water, because tap water cannot be disposed of cleanly at that time, and direct drinking may cause disease.