Mucormycosis | ‘Avoid visiting damp and dusty places for a few weeks’
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May 25, 2021 18:51 IST
It is generally affecting COVID-19 patients who are prescribed steroids or those who have uncontrolled diabetes: Experts
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A view of a ward with patients infected with Black Fungus or scientifically known as Mucormycosis, a deadly fungal infection, is pictured at a civil hospital in Ahmedabad on May 23, 2021.
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It is generally affecting COVID-19 patients who are prescribed steroids or those who have uncontrolled diabetes: Experts
It takes around four weeks for the effect of steroids administered to COVID patients to wear off and it is important to keep oneself protected during this time. Patients, specially those in high risk category for mucormycosis, should avoid visiting damp and dusty places for a few weeks post recovery, Arun Sharma, Director, National Institute for Implementation Research on Non-Communicable Disea
Noida: When classrooms and offices have been relegated to tiny laptop screens, when weddings and other social events have become smaller with only 50 guests, how can village gatherings be spared?
Hookah Chapauls, a synonym for gatherings under a tree in villages over debates on anything from politics to paddy, have been done away with in several areas. Villagers in Ghodi Bacheda, Khairpur Gurjar, Chaprauli Bangar and Sultanpur have suspended the meetings, fearing they could be the fertile ground for the Covid infection to spread.
This has also been possible because of awareness campaigns by health department officials. They advised the villagers against smoking from the same hookah an ubiquitous tradition in rural areas so that the infection does not spread from one person to another.
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Arun Sharma at his cane farm at Mota, Ba. Picture: SUPPLIED
Prominent Ba canegrower Arun Sharma has questioned the decision to push back start-of-crush dates for the Fiji Sugar Corporation’s Rarawai Mill.
“We are ready to harvest,” he said.
“I can understand why they would have to delay the opening of Lautoka mill because Lautoka City is still a containment area,” he said.
“But Rarawai in Ba should go ahead as scheduled because we are not.
“We have farmers that are prepared for the new crushing season and most of our farms are ready.”
Mr Sharma said they were also anticipating a bigger harvest compared with last year.
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