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Posted on May 24th, 2021
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Sri Lanka Medical Research Institute (SLMRI) has made a revelation on cases of ‘black fungus’ detected in Sri Lanka.
With reports of a person from Ampara who has been diagnosed with the ‘black Fungus’, there has been much dialogue in Sri Lanka regarding the infection which has stirred quite a storm in India.
However, the Deputy Director-General of Education and Research at the Ministry of Health Dr. Hemantha Herath said that experts yesterday (May 24) allayed the fears by confirming that the infection in question was not a result of the ‘black fungus’.
Meanwhile, SLMRI has revealed that Sri Lanka has reported cases of ‘black fungus’, also known as mucormycosis, since 2019.
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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has recorded 24 people infected with Mucormycosis or the Black Fungus so far in 2021, said the Head of the Fungal Department of the Medical Research Institute Dr. Primali Jayasekara on Monday (24), adding these patients have tested negative for COVID-19.
“In 2019 Sri Lanka recorded 42 patients with Mucormycosis or the Black Fungus while in 2020 that number was 24,” she told reporters.
Mucormycosis or the Black Fungus is not something new to Sri Lanka, as the country has a conducive environment for the Black Fungus, she added.
Mucormycosis or the Black Fungus affects people will low immune levels in the body, she said adding that all doctors in the country are aware of the treatment required for patients suffering from the disease.