White fungus infection occurs mainly among immunocompromised people - COVID-19 positive patients, those with uncontrolled diabetes and people on a high dose of steroids
According to NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul, the government will do an audit of what is required and would be required in the worst-case scenario, in the view of COVID-19 among children
Environmental moulds, unsanitary conditions cause infection: Dr Lahariya
Patients given steroids, antibiotics overdose are at high risk: Dr Narreddy
New Delhi: The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to subside, adding to the challenging times is the increasing cases of fungal infections among COVID-19 patient and those who recovered from it. Some states like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan among others have declared fungal infection as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1987. This means that whenever a case of fungal infection is diagnosed, it will have to be mandatorily notified to the respective district authority. While the country was already reporting many cases of ‘Black fungus’ among COVID cases, the recent reports of emergence of ‘White fungus’ and then a case of ‘Yellow fungus’ found in Uttar Pradesh, became a cause of concern. To learn about the recently reported ‘Yellow fungus’, NDTV spoke with Dr