Bengaluru, the drug to treat it — Amphotericin — becomes hard to find Amphotericin. Add this to the list of things in short supply after oxygen, beds, Remdesivir, ICU beds, oxygen concentrators, people who follow covid protocol. But doctors are worried because Mucormycosis is spreading quickly, causing blindness and death in covid recovered patients. Here’s a quick recap of Bangalore Mirror’s Page 1 story on Mucormycosis on May 8th. What: Mucormycosis is a fungal infection that affects people who are on medication. Patients’ lungs and sinuses are affected after they inhale fungal spores. Symptoms: Pain and redness around the eyes/nose, coughing, headache, blocked nose, pain on the cheekbone, fever, blurred vision, toothache, shortness of breath, vomiting blood and altered mental status.