: Covid-19: Centre asks states to declare ‘black fungus’ a notifiable disease amid rise in cases #IndiaNEWS The Union health ministry on Thursday wrote to all states and Union Territories asking

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Covid-19: Centre asks states to declare ‘black fungus’ a notifiable disease amid rise in cases #IndiaNEWS
The Union health ministry on Thursday wrote to all states and Union Territories asking them to declare post-Covid complication mucormycosis, or “black fungus???, a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, ANI reported. All government and private health facilities have been asked to follow guidelines for screening, diagnosis and management of mucormycosis issued by the ministry and the Indian Council for Medical Research.The move would mean that medical facilities will have to report all suspected and confirmed cases to the health department of the respective states. Medical superintendents of all private and government hospitals will have to send a daily report about cases of “black fungus??? to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme.In a letter to the state governments, Lav Agarwal, joint secretary at the health ministry, said that treatment of the disease required a multidisciplinary approach and the use of Amphotericin B as an antifungal medicine, Mirror Now reported.#Breaking: Health Ministry writes to states for making #Mucormycosis a notified disease. pic.twitter.com/ibjjuedUkB— Ayushman Kumar (@Iam_Ayushmann) May 20, 2021 The fungal infection, which has been found in several coronavirus patients across the country, mostly after they have recovered, involves headache, fever, pain under the eyes, nasal or sinus congestion, and partial loss of vision. The rare infection is caused by...Read more

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