{"id":142474,"date":"2021-09-22T09:47:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T00:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=142474&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-09-22T09:48:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T00:48:23","slug":"covid-19-oxygen-station-goes-unused-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/covid-19-oxygen-station-goes-unused-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Oxygen Station Goes Unused in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Oxygen stations\u2019 in Fukuoka Prefecture have remained unused since deployment on Aug. 31. The facility\u2019s potential to improve safety for patients urgently seeking hospital beds has been highly valued by the national and local governments. Governor Hattori is eager to open more oxi stations in Kitakyushu and Kurume in preparation for a potential \u201csixth wave\u201d of infections. Oxygen stations in Okinawa Prefecture were almost overloaded as the regional occupancy rate of secured hospital beds hit 80% in August. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.okinawatimes.co.jp\/articles\/-\/834248\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okinawa Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142475\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/oxgen-station.jpg?resize=1024%2C579&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/oxgen-station.jpg?resize=1024%2C579&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/oxgen-station.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/oxgen-station.jpg?resize=768%2C434&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/oxgen-station.jpg?w=1274&amp;ssl=1 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20210910\/k10013253041000.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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