Over 92 patients have recovered till now, though there is a shortage of medicines to treat the black fungus infection.
The Delhi High Court said every patient has a right to life and to live with dignity but it cannot give privilege to anyone over other patients for pr
The high court said Amphotericin B is required to save the lives of people suffering from Mucormycosis and the Centre shall seriously consider waiver
Of the 413 black fungus cases analysed so far, 64 did not have Covid-19, 79 were non-diabetics, 110 had not taken steroids while the remaining were no
The move comes few days after the Centre directed all the states and UTs to make black fungus a notifiable disease
Experts have been asked to look for alternative anti-fungal infections for the treatment of black fungus cases, Haryana health minister Anil Vij said
Union Health Ministry urged states and union territories to make black fungus a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said there is an acute shortage of Amphotericin-B injections used in the treatment of black fungus or mucormycosi
Masks should be ideally washed after a person returns home from outside every time, just in hot water or some disinfectant or cleansed with a sanitise
To study what measures need to be taken, a 10-member 'Mucormycois Committee', comprising senior medical professionals, has been formed