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Originally published on May 13, 2021 10:51 am
It s called the black fungus, and it can be deadly. It s also adding to India s growing COVID-19 woes at the moment.
On Sunday, the Indian Council of Medical Research and India s Health Ministry issued an advisory calling for better awareness, screening and management of mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection. While exact numbers are not available, we re seeing a rise in cases in Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra, says Dr. Aparna Mukherjee, a scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research and one of the experts who wrote the advisory.