Posted on 07.21.20

As COVID-19 spreads, potentially deadly fungus infects L.A. County healthcare facility

Source: https://www.latimes.com/, July 20, 2020
By Rong-Gong Lin II

The shortage of medical equipment, including gowns and gloves, triggered by the coronavirus outbreak may be helping to spread dangerous germs within healthcare facilities, according to officials who warned of a potentially deadly fungus in a Los Angeles County facility.

L.A. County officials are warning about multiple reports of the fungus, known as Candida auris, in health-care facilities; there is also an increase in reports of the fungus in Orange County. Read more.

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