Covid and mucor hunting together? Experts for studies to find out reasons for black fungus outbreak
“All of the factors that are being cited as reasons for rise in mucormycosis existed before March-April too, but why suddenly this infection is being reported now in Covid patients? asks an expert.
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Doctors performing a Diagnostic Nasel Endoscopy to detect Black fungus at a hospital in Hyderabad. (Photo | EPS)
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NEW DELHI: At Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences at Sevagram in Wardha, a major tertiary care centre in rural Maharashtra, nearly 4,000 Covid patients had undergone treatment before March this year.
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NEW DELHI: The government on Monday asked everyone to start wearing masks even inside homes in the wake of a ferocious second wave of Covid pandemic in India, but doctors and experts say that there should be some clear context in which this needs to be followed.
“If there is Covid positive case in the family, it is very important that the person wears a mask even indoors because the virus can spread to others at home,” Niti Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul, who also heads the national Covid task force, had said in a press briefing by the Union Health Ministry on Covid status in India.
India’s count of active Covid-19 patients surged overnight by over 125,000 to cross 2.15 million on Wednesday, double the peak during the first wave last September, portending additional strain on healthcare resources struggling with shortages of beds, oxygen and critical care staff.
Health authorities on Wednesday detected 295,041 new Covid-19 cases and recorded 2,023 deaths, the highest so far, but experts predict the daily casualty count is likely to increase in the coming days, given the lag between new cases and deaths.
Maharashtra accounts for the highest number of active cases with over 680,000 patients, followed by Uttar Pradesh (over 223,000), Karnataka (159,000) Chhattisgarth (125,000), and Kerala (118,000).
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