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Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had said on Monday that 18 states have reported 5,424 cases of mucormycosis, a life-threatening infection, prevalent among COVID-19 patients and those who recovered from the viral disease.
AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria has also said that it is better to identify mucormycosis by its name rather than by the colour.
Amid rising mucormycosis cases among Covid patients and those who have recovered from it, epidemiologists Tuesday advised people to not get panicked by the colour of the fungus causing it, and underlined the importance of analysing the kind of infection, its causes and associated risk-factors.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had said on Monday that 18 states have reported 5,424 cases of mucormycosis, a life-threatening infection, prevalent among COVID-19 patients and those who recovered from the viral disease.
Black fungus: Experts to study causes behind rise in cases in Karnataka
Noting that the state has recorded about 700 cases of black fungus infections in the last week, Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan directed experts to find its source, with doubts being expressed about oxygen supply, quality of piping and cylinders used for it
PTI | May 24, 2021 | Updated 09:24 IST
Experts in Karnataka will study whether the rise in the mucormycosis cases is linked to use of industrial oxygen and its possible contamination.
Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan, who is also the head of the state s COVID task force, held a meeting on Sunday with the treatment protocol committee where the possible sources of the infection were discussed.
Highlights
India has so far reported at least 8,848 mucormycosis cases, as per an IANS report.
Black Fungus or ‘mucormycosis’ is a rare fungal infection that is caused by a fungus named mucor, found on wet surfaces.
Doctors recommend amphotericin B or ampho-B , an anti-fungal intravenous injection, for the treatment of the infection.
New Delhi: As India grapples with the second wave of the COVID-19, rising cases of mucormycosis or ‘black fungus’ infection are becoming worrisome.
India has so far reported at least 8,848 mucormycosis cases, as per an IANS report. While AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria was quoted as saying by ANI, The Covid-19-linked infection has claimed more than 7,000 lives in the country.