Kolkata woman dies of 'black fungus'

The Health Department constituted an expert committee to deal with 'black fungus' cases

A woman infected with Covid-19 has died of mucormycosis or black fungus in Kolkata.

The 33-year-old woman, a resident of Haridevpur in the southern fringes of Kolkata, was admitted to the government-run Sambhunath Pandit Hospital, according to sources in the Health Department

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“She succumbed to the fungus on Friday morning. The state government has formed an expert committee to deal with such cases,” said the Health Department official said.

He also said that there are five patients undergoing treatment in the state for the infection adding that all of them are from Bihar and Jharkhand.

“The state Government is keeping a close watch on the situation,” he said.