Apart from the usual cough and fever symptoms, COVID-19 can impact your body in a profound number of ways. ‘Black fungus’ is the latest manifestations seen around in the second wave of the pandemic in India. What is black fungus? A life-threatening infection known as mucormycosis, colloquially as a black fungus, is being detected in Delhi, Maharashtra, and Gujarat relatively frequently among COVID-19 patients. The fungus affects the people who are on medication for other health problems that reduce their ability to fight environmental pathogens.

Source: dna May 10, 2021 12:33 UTC