Experts advised people at risk of getting diabetes to get themselves screened for diabetes once or twice a year. AP/File
KARACHI: People living with poor diabetes control are more prone to various types of infectious diseases, including Covid-19 as well as lethal infections like mucormycosis, or ‘black fungus’, as the health condition reduces a person’s ability to fight bacteria, viruses and fungus, experts associated with pandemic control measures, care and treatment in Pakistan warned on Monday.
They said in Pakistan several million people were undiagnosed diabetics who were unaware of their health condition, and they could contract infectious diseases more easily than healthier persons. They advised people at risk of getting diabetes to get themselves screened for diabetes once or twice a year.