The dead include an orthopedic surgeon in his 60s and an obstetrician in his 20s. They include community doctors who examined patients with their first symptoms, and specialists who worked around-the-clock in COVID-19 hospital wards, trying to save.
Doctors say black fungus cases likely to decline in 7 to 10 days
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There is shortage of drug required for treatment of fungal infection, they claim
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Family members of COVID-19 patients outside Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
There is shortage of drug required for treatment of fungal infection, they claim
Cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in the city seem to have reached the peak and are expected to fall in the next 7-10 days similar to COVID-19, which had triggered a spike in the fungal infection, said doctors on Tuesday.
Read more about Experts divided over unhygienic masks being factor for black fungus on Business Standard. Some medical experts feel that "unhygienic masks" and poorly ventilated rooms could be a contributing factor, while others said "no clinical evidence" has been established linking the two.