Anil Vij said that most of the Black Fungus cases reported in Haryana do not seem to have been caused by the usual factors. The state Health Minister sought more research into its cause.
Men More Vulnerable to Black Fungus, Finds Study May 23, 2021, 16:09 IST
Apart from COVID-19 cases in the state, Black Fungus cases are also rising day by day. People infected with corona are fearing to get admitted into hospitals in case they contract the black fungus. Black Fungus infects patients who have recovered from COVID due to the excessive use of steroids, as a result, which lower the body s immunity to fight germs and sickness.
According to some studies, 80% of patients diagnosed with the fungal infection were men, implying that men are more likely to contract the black fungus than women in the Covid-19 outbreak. The study looked at literature from all over the world on Covid-recovered patients who got mucormycosis and tried to put it into statistical context. It says that for not only recovered patients of COVID-19 but also patients who are suffering from COVID have chances of being infected by black fungus.
Black fungus cases first reported in the Koti ENT hospital at Hyderabad, has witnessed an increase in number of cases across Telangana in the past week. Earlier, Telangana had reported 90 black fungus cases and now, according to some sources, the cases have increased more than 200. According to the ENT doctors at Koti Hospital, black fungus patients who underwent surgery in
Uttarakhand govt declares black fungus as notifiable disease
Black fungus or mucormycosis has been declared a notifiable disease for its co-ordinated treatment as a growing number of people are contracting the infection post COVID-19, Health Secretary Pankaj Kumar Pandey said
PTI | May 22, 2021 | Updated 18:27 IST
So far, 64 people have been infected with black fungus in the state and of them, four have died
With black fungus cases rising in Uttarakhand, it was declared a notifiable disease in the state under the Epidemic Act, 1897 on Saturday. So far, 64 people have been infected with black fungus in the state and of them, four have died.