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Outbreak of rare deadly black fungus among Covid-19 patients spreading from India to Pakistan
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Media in Pakistan are reporting that hospitals in the South Asian country are treating Covid-19 patients suffering from a rare black fungus, following dozens of cases in India in recent days.
“We have seen at least five cases of Mucormycosis also called, Black Fungus, among serious Covid -19 patients under treatment. At least four patients died due to this complication,” a physician dealing with Covid -19 patients at a tertiary-care hospital in Karachi disclosed to local newspaper
The News earlier today.
India outbreak
Black fungus, the deadly post-COVID complication for India s recovered patients Read the article
By Caroline Chettri
Cases of mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection, have been on the rise in India.
Hospitals across India have been reporting cases of recovered patients contracting a rare fungal infection called
mucormycosis, or black fungus. This infection has a mortality rate of 50% and the increasing number of cases have begun to worry
medical experts in the country.
What is Mucormycosis?
fungal infection that affects
the sinuses, the brain and the lungs. The infection develops when one comes into contact with a group of moulds called
Hospitals across India report Covid-19 patients with rare deadly black fungus that decays brains and lungs
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Dozens of hospitals across India have started to report cases of Coronavirus patients being hit by a rare black fungus which has a mortality rate of about 50 per cent.
A number of severely ill Covid-19 patients are showing symptoms of Mucormycosis, an extremely rare fungal infection, which causes vital organs to rot, including the brain, lungs and sinuses.
According to a report earlier today in
The Hindustan Times, one of India’s largest newspapers, the country’s governmental Council of Medical Research warned doctors in recent days to look out for symptoms, such as blackening or discolouration over the nose, blurred or double vision, chest pain, toothache and loosening of teeth, breathing difficulties and coughing blood.