DOCTORS who are treating patients with Covid-19 in India have identified new symptoms including gangrene and hearing loss. The mutant coronavirus variant that is driving India’s second wave i…
Medics believe severe gastric upsets, hearing impairment and blood clots that lead to gangrene have been linked to the deadly delta variant.
Abdul Ghafer, an infectious disease physician at Chennai's Apollo Hospital, said the virus has become more "unpredictable" as new variants emerge.“This virus has become so, so unpredictable.”A cardiologist based in Mumbai recalled how some patients had such severe blood clots that they led to gangrene.
“I saw three-to-four cases the whole of last year, and now it’s one patient a week,” Dr Manudhane said.infections linked to the mutant coronavirus variant. Doctors have sounded the alarm after tens of thousands of cases of the flesh-eating disease mucormycosis hit hospitals that are already overwhelmed by Covid patients.India declared it an epidemic in May when at least 11,000 patients had developed mucormycosis after recovering from Covid.It comes as more surge testing is rolled out in areas in England after new cases of the Indian variant were discovered.
Yesterday residents in Calderdale in West Yorkshire will be offered PCR tests whether they are showing symptoms or not.Cases who have been identified as having the Indian strain have been told to self isolate and their contacts have been identified.Where are the hotspots?How many cases of the Indian variant were detected per week in the two weeks to May 29:
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