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Black fungus eruption hits soldiers at Delhi's Army hospitals, struggle on for drugs Black fungus eruption hits soldiers at Delhi's Army hospitals, struggle on for drugs Due to a shortage of the required drug Amphotericin B, Delhi's two premier defence hospitals are struggling to treat more than 30 mucormycosis cases among serving soldiers and military veterans. advertisement UPDATED: June 3, 2021 21:36 IST Delhi's two premier defence hospitals are struggling to treat more than 30 mucormycosis cases due to a shortage of the required drug Amphotericin B. Saddled with over 30 cases of mucormyco...

Black fungus declared notified disease under Epidemic Act in Delhi In a notification issued on Thursday, the Delhi government declared black fungus a notified disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. advertisement UPDATED: May 27, 2021 21:15 IST Black fungus has been declared a notified disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act in Delhi. (Photo: PTI) The Delhi government on Thursday declared mucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus, a notified disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. This has been done because "the ordinary provisions of law for the time being in force are insuf...

Black fungus: Does India have a plan to combat the rising threat? Does India have a plan to combat rising black fungus cases? Here is what Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS (Delhi), has to say. advertisement UPDATED: May 25, 2021 00:10 IST After Covid-19 case surge, black fungus cases have now raised an alarm across states in India. (File photo: PTI) Does India have a plan to combat rising black fungus cases? Here is what Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS (Delhi), said in an interview with India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai. Excerpts: Q: Governments and hospitals have bee...

Jaishankar Says COVID-19 'Exposed' India's Health Facilities, but Blames Previous Govts "It is very clear that for 75 years, we have under-invested in health," the external affairs minister said. He also insisted it was wrong to blame the recent elections and religious gatherings for the Covid surge in India. Screengrab of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at an online interaction in London on May 5, 2021. Health05/May/2021 New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar agreed that India’s health infrastructure “stands exposed” as the country is in the midst of the second wave...

We get a sense the world is with us in COVID travail: Jaishankar SECTIONS Last Updated: May 05, 2021, 04:05 PM IST Share Synopsis Jaishankar, who is in the UK on a four-day visit to participate in the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers Meeting as a guest minister, admitted that India's health system “stands exposed” but that there is a focussed plan to ramp up the vaccination programme and address the country's needs beyond the immediacy of the pandemic. PTI On the central theme of the discussion, Jaishankar stressed that India has not one but many plans to move the country towards revi...