He also said that the M.K Stalin government has directed all the district administrations to report on the exact number of deaths due to Covid-19 and not to hide the deaths as this would help in creating proper awareness among the people on the gravity of the disease.In a
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MUMBAI: While fungal infection mucormycosis has grabbed all the attention in Covid-19’s second wave, doctors say that incidence of other fungal infections had also been on the rise over the last one year.
Covid-associated aspergillosis is a severe fungal infection being reported across the country, including Mumbai, and is linked with lung failure. Fungal infections caused by candida, yeast or even filamentous fungi have been seen in patients who have recovered from Covid-19.
“We have practically seen the entire spectrum of invasive fungal infection in post-Covid setting in the last year,” said infectious diseases specialist Dr Ayesha Sunavala from Hinduja Hospital, Mahim. She has been seeing one to three new cases of fungal infection among post-Covid patients in her practice for few weeks.