Deadly fungus stalks India’s Covid wards – Yahoo News Australia

Coronavirus patient Parvesh Dubey died within just one week of contracting black fungus — the latest victim of a horrifying Covid-19 complication sweeping India.
Thousands have developed the fungus in recent weeks in a wave of infections blamed on excessive use of steroids to treat the country’s millions of Covid patients, experts say.
Previously very rare, mucormycosis, as it is scientifically known, is highly aggressive and surgeons sometimes have to remove patients’ eyes, nose and jaw to stop…

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