Punjab on Saturday reported its first case of green fungus —also called aspergillosis — from Jalandhar, becoming the second state after Madhya Pradesh to record the disease.
According to doctors, earlier they thought it was tuberculosis, but when the investigation report came, then they got to know that it was a case of green fungus.
The patient got infected with Covid-19 around three months back and had been treated at a private hospital in Ludhiana, where he was on oxygen supply for a long time.
Green fungus, also known as Aspergillosis, is an infection caused by Aspergillus, a common mold that lives indoors and outdoors.
Earlier, an outbreak of black fungus cases were reported in the state after the second wave of Covid swept through the state killing thousands.