Some Mexicans struggle to get oxygen amid COVID-19 case surge

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Some residents of Mexico City are spending the new year in lines waiting to refill oxygen canisters for relatives suffering from COVID-19.
The city of nine million has seen a surge in coronavirus infections and the city's hospitals are 87% occupied, straining oxygen supplies.
That has resulted in long lines and price hikes that make it hard or impossible for some to refill tanks that may last for only a few hours.
With people afraid to go to hospitals and patients being