After his colleague finished, Dr Nair would carry out a three hour procedure to remove the patient's eye.

"I will be removing her eye to save her life. That's how this disease works," Dr Nair told me.

Mucormycosis: 'black fungus' maiming Covid patients

bbc.com/news/world-asi…
Mucormycosis is a very rare infection. It is caused by exposure to mucor mould which is commonly found in soil, plants, manure, and decaying fruits and vegetables. "It is ubiquitous and found in soil and air and even in the nose and mucus of healthy people," says Dr Nair.
It affects the sinuses, the brain and the lungs and can be life-threatening in diabetic or severely immunocompromised individuals, such as cancer patients or people with HIV/AIDS.
Doctor believe mucormycosis, which has an overall mortality rate of 50%, may be being triggered by the use of steroids, a life-saving treatment for severe and critically ill Covid-19 patients.
Dr Nair says he has already seen some 40 patients suffering from the fungal infection in April.

Many of them were diabetics who had recovered from Covid-19 at home. 11 of them had to have an eye surgically removed

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Look at some graphs. This graph shows Daily COVID-19 vaccine doses administered per 100 people
The following chart shows the total number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered. 

Now look at the claim of Ministry of Fudging, you make your conclusions.
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