India battles worst of Covid-19 as worry about paediatric illness looms
Pharmacists are warning of a shortage of a crucial drug to treat an invasive fungal infection preying on patients with weakened immune systems
Mumbai/Melbourne/London — Rare, life-threatening Covid-19 complications appear to be escalating in India, creating a new wave of critical medical challenges in a country that has already seen short supplies of oxygen and other basic needs.
Pharmacists are warning of a shortage of a crucial drug to treat an invasive fungal infection preying on patients with weakened immune systems and diabetes. An uptick in cases across India of a dangerous inflammatory syndrome in children — also seen in the US and Europe at the height of their outbreaks — is a harbinger of a potentially deadly spate of the pediatric illness in the coming weeks...
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