Black fungus stalks COVID-19 patients in India
A woman undergoes a check-up. The new strain of COVID-19 virus can cause patients’ blood sugars to shoot up, creating a suitable environment for mucormycosis. Copyright: Trinity Care Foundation, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). This image has been cropped.
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