SOS Pleas For 'Amphotericin B' Surge As Black Fungus Cases In COVID Patients Rise: What We Know

As India battles the 2nd wave of COVID, the cases of black fungus, which is a rare infection, have gone up nationwide, as per a report in The Indian Express.??

It is happening a lot to COVID patients.

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Twitter, which saw several SOS requests for Remdesivir and Tocilizumab, have added ‘Amphotericin B’, an antifungal medicine, to that list.?

Take a look at what people are saying:?

?The demand is high and there is a shortage of the drug in states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka.?

BBC

Doctors have noticed this spike of the infection and now this is one more problem added to the pandemic.

It is prominent among COVID survivors and makes their road to recovery that much harder.

One hopes the issue of the drug shortage is sorted soon.?