Sri Lanka, July 28 -- The Ministry of Health has already made plans to procure the required oxygen reserves even though the need for oxygen in COVID-19 treatment has gone up in the past several days.

However, there is no shortage of oxygen supply in the country, the Deputy Director-General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said.

Responding to a question of a journalist regarding the escalation of the current situation of the Delta variant up to an extent that was observed in India, Dr. Herath said that Sri Lanka is not currently facing such a serious situation.

"We have enough oxygen in Sri Lanka. If necessary, industrially produced oxygen, as well extracting from the normal atmosphere using the oxygen concentration method can be ...