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COVID-19 increases black fungus infection risk in India

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27 million confirmed cases since January 2020. Also, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that the B.1.617 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in India is a “variant of global concern.”Some scientists believe that severe COVID-19 could potentially weaken the body’s immune response.

This could lead to increased vulnerability to other infections, especially for people who are immunocompromised.Of particular concern is an infection called mucormycosis, commonly referred to as black fungus.

In India, 90 people who recovered from COVID-19 died from mucormycosis, and there are calls by India’s health authorities to declare a mucormycosis epidemic.Mucormycosis is a rare type of fungal infection that occurs through exposure to fungi.

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