Black Fungus Infections Add To Covid Crisis In 2nd Tier Cities

ALLAHABAD, INDIA - JUNE 05: An ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist doctor washes his hands after performing surgery to remove mucormycosis from a patient who recovered from Covid-19 at Swaroop Rani hospital on June 05, 2021 in Allahabad, India. Mucormycosis, or "black fungus", is a rare but potentially deadly fungal infection that affects the respiratory tract, sometimes causing swelling and discoloration around the eyes and mouth. Cases of the infection have been rising rapidly primarily among those recovering from the coronavirus. India's prolonged and devastating wave of Covid-19 infections has gripped cities and overwhelmed urban health resources, but it has also reached deep into rural India, where the true extent of devastation is unknown because of the lack of widespread testing or reliable data. (Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images)