Karnataka govt directs experts to track possible cause of black fungus
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Updated: May 24, 2021 09:02 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 24 (ANI): Amid the surge in black fungus cases in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister and state COVID task force head Dr CN Ashwath Narayan has directed the treatment protocol committee to track whether the rise in the Mucormycosis cases is linked to the use of industrial oxygen and its possible contamination.
The instruction came in a meeting held with the treatment protocol committee on Sunday and accordingly, a team of microbiologists will start to work towards this from Monday.
Noting that the state has recorded about 700 cases of black fungus infections in the last week, he directed experts to find its source.