Director of All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Dr Randeep Guleria on Sunday said that the medical treatment for Black Fungus (Mucormycosis) is more prolonged as compared to COVID-19 pandemic. Guleria was speaking at India TV s #JeetegaIndiaHaaregaCorona conclave.
On whether the government reduced the number of vaccination centres in the State, he said earlier there was a wastage of vaccines and in view of that some centres were closed.
Amid escalating cases of black fungus in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday asked people to be watchful and not resort to self-medication, particularly steroids, and said about 15 hospitals in the city are treating mucormycosis patients.