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Delhi govt sets up 4 member committee for timely distribution of Amphotericin-B injection

Delhi govt sets up 4 member committee for timely distribution of Amphotericin-B injection ANI | Updated: May 20, 2021 12:00 IST New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Delhi government has set up a four-member technical expert committee (TEC) to prevent the indiscriminate use of Amphotericin-B injection and to establish a transparent and efficient system of distribution of this drug to the needy and hospitalised COVID-19 patients. The drug is used in the treatment of black fungus or mucormycosis. The expert committee will be headed by Pulmonologist Dr M K Daga, and include Dr Manisha Aggarwal, Dr S Anuradha and Dr Ravi Mehar from Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC).

India: Fears over 'black fungus' drug shortages as cases rise among Covid-19 patients

Black fungus : India grapples with drug shortage as cases rise among Covid-19 patients CNN 1 hr ago By Esha Mitra, CNN © BSIP/Universal Images Group Editorial/Getty Images Black fungus, or mucormycosis, is caused by a fungus named mucor, which is found on wet surfaces. Several Indian states are facing shortages of a drug used to treat black fungus, a rare and potentially fatal infection that is increasingly being detected in Covid-19 patients, health authorities in the country have warned. The infection, known by doctors as mucormycosis, had been seen in India before the pandemic, but cases are mounting rapidly in coronavirus patients and those who have recently recovered. It is caused by mold found in wet environments and can attack the respiratory tract, particularly of those with compromised immune systems.

Identify Black Fungus As Epidemic: Centre To States

Identify Black Fungus As Epidemic: Centre To States May 20, 2021, 15:38 IST New Delhi: Centre asked all the states to declare mucormycosis or black fungus as an epidemic. The Union Health Ministry sent a letter to the states and asked them to identify the mucormycosis disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act . According to the report, any case of Black fungus has to be reported to the health ministry. Confirmed or under testing, all the cases should go to the ministry. Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal in the letter wrote that “All government and private health facilities and medical colleges have to follow guidelines for screening, diagnosis, management of mucormycosis.”

Most nursing homes had multiple Covid-19 outbreaks that lasted for weeks, analysis found

Most nursing homes had multiple Covid-19 outbreaks that lasted for weeks, analysis found From CNN’s Deidre McPhillips US nursing homes experienced an average of three Covid-19 outbreaks, with the longest outbreaks lasting for an average of more than nine weeks, according to a report published Wednesday by the US Government Accountability Office.   The GAO analyzed data submitted to the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from May 2020 through January 2021 for more than 13,000 nursing homes and representing about 88% of CMS-certified nursing homes. An outbreak is defined as starting the week a nursing home reports a new case in a resident or staff member and ends when there have been no new cases in two consecutive weeks. 

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