ALGIERS-The oxygen production units are requisitioned countrywide from Monday to ensure the continuous supply of all hospitals with medical oxygen, in response to the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Pharmaceutical Industry said in a statement.

ALGIERS- The president of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Saturday ordered all hospitals nationwide to get their own means of oxygen production and that all oxygen producing plants have tanker trucks for the delivery of this vital product.

ALGIERS-The liquid oxygen production company Linde Gas Algerie announced Sunday in a statement that its oxygen production had jumped by 33% since July in order to meet the high demand of health institutions.

ORAN (Algeria)- Minister of Industry Ahmed Zeghdar said Wednesday that  the steel works of Bellara, in Jijel (360 km east of Algiers), has increased its production of oxygen from 40,000 to 100,000 litres per day in two months, to contribute to the efforts to meet national needs in this regard.

JIJEL (Algeria)- Algerian Qatari Steel of Bellara, Jijel, has increased the supply of the country's hospitals in medical oxygen by 80,000 litres per day, the company's communication unit said Tuesday.