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  • Nepal reports first 'black fungus' death

    06/04/2021 5:32:21 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 11 replies
    France24 ^ | June 4, 2021
    Kathmandu (AFP) - Nepal has reported its first death from mucormycosis or "black fungus", the highly deadly infection affecting thousands of coronavirus patients in neighbouring India. Health ministry spokesman Krishna Prasad Poudel told AFP that there are now at least ten cases in Nepal, which like India has been hit by a huge Covid-19 surge. The 65-year-old man who died was being treated at the intensive care unit at a hospital in western Nepal after being diagnosed with temporal lobe encephalitis. "He died on 3 June 2021... after a nasal swab test showed fungal hyphae and a biopsy test of...
  • Experts divided over unhygienic masks being contributing factor for black fungus

    05/28/2021 3:46:42 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 15 replies
    Indian Express ^ | 5/20/21 | PTI
    Amid a rise in black fungus cases particularly in COVID patients in Delhi, some medical experts feel that “unhygienic masks” and poorly ventilated rooms could be a contributing factor, while others said “no clinical evidence” has been established linking the two. Doctors at many leading hospitals here said many patients, both COVID and non-COVID ones, have presented themselves at the facilities who have been infected with mucormycosis or black fungus and had a history of exhibiting poor hygienic practices, including wearing unwashed masks for a long time. According to Dr Suresh Singh Naruka, senior consultant, ENT, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, the...
  • Covid-19: Many losing eyesight due to Black Fungus in Maharashatra

    05/17/2021 11:45:33 AM PDT · by LucyT · 14 replies
    The Times of India ^ | May 17, 2021 | Shishir
    Eye surgeons treating cases of mucormycosis are also having to to take tough decision to remove the patient’s eye to save the patient's life. This is a fallout of late reporting due to ignoring early symptoms.