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Fungal disease is emerging among hundreds of COVID-19 patients in India, shows study

Fungal disease is emerging among hundreds of COVID-19 patients in India, shows study
Authorities scramble to provide drugs to treat a fungal disease affecting India s COVID-19 patients. A fungal disease called mucormycosis is emerging among hundreds of COVID-19 patients in India, placing further strain on hospitals already at breaking point.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, is a serious but rare infection caused by a group of moulds called mucormycetes. It usually affects the sinuses or lungs after fungal spores are inhaled from the air but can also occur on the skin after a cut or burn. ....

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12 May 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: Lots Of Negative News On The Indian Variant And Its Effect Today And In the Future. India Wants It Referred To As 'B.1.617, A Coronavirus Variant First Identified In India'

The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 20.7 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago and U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 14.0 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 36,451
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at 693
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 78.7 doses per 100 people.
The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases little changed and deaths improved
Increased transmissibility of B.1.617 variant may be impacting Covid-19 spread in India
Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode ....

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Black fungus stalks COVID-19 patients in India

Black fungus stalks COVID-19 patients in India
A woman undergoes a check-up. The new strain of COVID-19 virus can cause patients’ blood sugars to shoot up, creating a suitable environment for mucormycosis. Copyright: Trinity Care Foundation, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). This image has been cropped.
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Shortage of antifungal drug amphotericin B adds to problems
Fears that mucormycosis cases may increase COVID-19 morbidity
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Cairo tightens restrictions on water use for irrigation

Cairo tightens restrictions on water use for irrigation
The Egyptian government is unveiling a new strategy to deal with water stress; a law imposing charges on water for irrigation is also being considered, as the authorities plan to reduce water-intensive crops to preserve the Nile.
Egypt depends on the Nile for 85% of its water needs. Rice cultivation alone consumes more than 10 billion m
3 of water each year, “more than one-sixth of the resource provided by the blue river in the North African country”, said Khaled Ghanem, professor of organic agriculture at Al-Azhar University in Egypt, in an article published by the organisation SciDev.Net in 2017. Other water-intensive crops in Egypt include sugar cane and bananas. ....

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'Rediscovered' coffee could boost farmers' livelihoods

A farmer holding a basket of coffee beans. Copyright: Image by ningxin23minor from Pixabay
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A rediscovered coffee could allow West Africa to stage a comeback in global coffee industry
The yield potential of the rediscovered coffee needs to be determined, says an expert
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