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Govt shares advisory on deadly black fungal infection seen in COVID-19 patients
short by Sakshita Khosla / on Sunday, 9 May, 2021
As cases of the deadly black fungal infection Mucormycosis are being reported in COVID-19 patients, Union Health Ministry's ICMR has shared an advisory on screening, diagnosis and management of the infection. It listed pain and redness around the eyes and/or nose, fever, headache, coughing, shortness of breath, bloody vomits and an altered mental status as symptoms of the infection.
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