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Cases of a rare and difficult to treat “black fungus” are rising in COVID-19 patients in India due to the increased use of steroids like dexamethasone.

Usually very rare, mucormycosis has a high mortality rate and is difficult to treat

What is the deadly ‘black fungus’ seen in Covid patients in India? Melissa Davey A rare black fungus that invades the brain is being increasingly seen in vulnerable patients in India, including those with Covid-19, as the health system continues to struggle in the midst of the pandemic. The health ministry on Sunday released an advisory on how to treat the infection. In the state of Gujarat, about 300 cases had been reported in four cities, including Ahmedabad, according to ...

Why Australia is under pressure to upgrade advice on Covid’s aerosol transmission Melissa Davey © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: AP The latest coronavirus outbreak from hotel quarantine in Western Australia has focused attention on how the virus is transmitted. Hotel quarantine is supposed to be secure with returned travellers separated from each other. Staff and residents are meant to be regularly tested for Covid-19 and infection control procedures are supposed to b...

Vaccine chart toppers: what Australia can learn from world’s best rollouts Melissa Davey © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters Scott Morrison is upping the ante on planning for the next stage of Australia’s vaccine rollout. He’s announced an urgent meeting of the national cabinet on Monday to discuss changes amid delays and the decision not to recommend the AstraZeneca vaccine for under-50s. © Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A teenager receives...

She said Canada went to extraordinary lengths to prioritise its First Nations populations, with everyone in all 31 fly-in-only remote Indigenous communities offered their first vaccination by 8 March. A handful of people flew by helicopter into these communities, delivering the vaccine in -35C temperatures. “But it was really the community leaders on the ground who made it all happen by having community coordinators address local people’s vaccine hesitancy and arranged rosters of comm...

The Straits Times Hong Kong began its programme in the Asian financial hub on Feb 22.PHOTO: AFP PublishedFeb 25, 2021, 7:18 am SGT https://str.sg/JVJd They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the...

As Linfox and Wagner discuss their proposals with state authorities, a former WHO epidemiologist says facilities should be run entirely by government

On Monday, company chair John Wagner confirmed the facility would be for-profit and said the Wagner Corporation would have just as much expertise in running a quarantine facility as the Queensland Department of Health. He told the Guardian the idea was still in its early stages and had only been the subject of negotiations with the state government for two weeks. But the Australian Medical Association has raised some concerns about the proposal, which it wants addressed before any decision is m...