Dr Manish Munjal, ENT surgeon at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, told news agency Press Trust of India that they have admitted six cases of mucormycisis in the last two days.
Mr Morrison’s government had imposed a temporary ban on its citizens returning home from India, which has been hit by a deadly second wave of the virus.
The city government had said it was getting roughly half the quantity of oxygen it has been officially allocated, according to NDTV. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said his administration “won’t let anyone die” of oxygen shortage if it got the earmarked 700 tonnes supply every day.