NEW DELHI : Amid reports of deadly fungal infection in recovering coronavirus patients leading to loss of eyesight, the Centre on Tuesday said COVID-19 can either be a mild disease without any symptom or a serious one with complications like these which have not occurred before.ENT surgeons at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) here had reported that they had seen 13 cases of "COVID-19-triggered mucormycosis" in the last 15 days.This alarming affliction, although rare, is not new.
What is new is COVID-19 triggering mucormycosis, they said on Monday.Black fungus or mucormycosis has been a cause of disease and death of patients in transplants, and ICU and immunodeficient individuals since long.