First case of paediatric Mucormycosis in Ahmedabadbad detected.
A doctor treating a 15-year-old boy in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on May 23 said, that a week after he recovered from COVID-19, he was diagnosed with Mucormycosis or Black Fungus. Dr Abhishek Bansal, an Ahmedabad-based paediatrician, believes this is the first case of paediatric Mucormycosis in Ahmedabad to his knowledge. Black Fungus infects 15-year-old He noted, "He was admitted in a private hospital on April 14 with coronavirus symptoms, and was later in the ICU for 10 days after the infection was confirmed. He was given supplemental oxygen,…