with it up to 80% of mortality. people may have just a sinus infection, a blocked nose, it would be a nuance of headaches, pain, and then around the eye, there is eye swelling. and there would be drooping of the eyelid. they lose the vision, there s swelling of the face and quickly if it affects the brain it goes on to encephalopathy or coma, deficits and seizures. and the rest of the spectrum, which then turns out to be fatal. and so when you talk about this black fungus and the focus on india and why so many people have it there, there is also besides the diabetes issues, which you ve brought up, there s also, i think, some research that it could be about the overuse of steroids. why would that happen, and why is that playing into the coronavirus epidemic as well? that s right.
26 million cases and officials in delhi are extending the region s lockdown until may. officials say they will hold vaccinations for people between the ages of 18 and 44 due to a shortage of vaccines. and even though cases have been falling on average recently, earlier today, india reported more than 240,000 new cases. and then doctors are also raising the alarm about black fu fungus. it s a serious infection caused by a strain of mold, and infections generally occur in people who already have a compromised immune system. it can affect the sinuses, brains, lungs and skin, causing fever, and death. it can be transmitted by touch. i want to go to dr. padma shreve sta va, the head of neurology, she joins me from new delhi. thank you very much for joining
rates are lower. i still wear a mask at work just because i work with public. so even though i m fully vaccinated, i feel like i don t know if they are or not, so i feel like it s still good to have it on. your whole store got hit too. my whole work caught it back in december. that was great. it was a terrible experience having it. reporter: and he s not able to ask customers if they ve been vaccinated, even with an honor system that is far from foolproof, there s a sense the country has turned a corner. it s like a hopeful moment, a rare hopeful moment in a year past couple of years it s been like a lot of bad news. reporter: a new study by public health england shows that two doses of either the oxford astrazeneca vaccine or the pfizer vaccine are highly effective against the variant first found in india. dr. anthony fauci also said he s preparing for the possibility that people who are getting vaccinated may need a booster shot, but health experts are
brother omad calls her. she needs an advanced neurosurgical center. we don t have those in gaza. doctors said there is hope that she will be able to stand on her feet her father says. he s begging for help. he wants his little girl to have her life back, a life filled with gleeful cries of joy. a life where she can stand on her own. she s struggling psychologically her father says. she keeps asking me, why, daddy, why did they have to do this to me? arwa damon, cnn. and we are getting new details on just how desperate the coronavirus situation is in india. the country has topped more than