![A doctor assists a Covid-19 coronavirus patient with Black Fungus, a deadly and rare fungal infection, as he receives treatments at the NSCB hospital in Jabalpur, on May 20, 2021. / AFP / Uma Shankar MISHRA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BKYXWVOGFVOBXNXDWK4OLEKDIE.jpg?smart=true&auth=c9c54bd4ef33f280a4a8440994adc4a894eb28dfd30c009d7457a4666e58ac50&width=400&height=225)
A doctor attends a Covid-19 patient infected with black fungus at the NSCB hospital in Jabalpur, India on May 20, 2021. AFP
A doctor attends a Covid-19 patient infected with black fungus at the NSCB hospital in Jabalpur, India on May 20, 2021. AFP
India's Covid-19 crisis: states sound alarm over surge in 'black fungus' case numbers
Thousands of patients develop potentially fatal fungal infection after being treated for Covid-19