A growing number of current and recovered Covid-19 patients in India are contracting a deadly and rare fungal infection, doctors revealed on Monday. Mucormycosis, dubbed 'black fungus' by medics, is usually most aggressive in patients whose immune systems are weakened by other infections. Mucormycosis is a rare, fungal infection that occurs after inhaling spores from the air or entering the skin through a cut or scrape. The western state ordered government hospitals to set up separate treatment wards for patients infected with 'black fungus' amid the rise in cases. It's a Catch-22, coming out of a virus and getting into a fungal infection.

Source: Daily Mail May 10, 2021 15:14 UTC