Health
Black fungus: Is diabetes behind India’s high number of cases? – Yahoo News Australia
India has seen rising cases of the serious fungal infection, mostly in Covid patients.
Mucormycosis affects the sinuses and may require the surgical removal of the eye
About 12,000 cases of a condition known as “black fungus” have been reported in India, mostly in patients recovering from Covid-19.
This severe infection is normally very rare and has a mortality rate of about 50%.
Some medical experts have suggested India has seen cases growing because of the high prevalence of diabetes.
But are other factors at work and what is happening in other countries?
Which countries have got…
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