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Make black fungus notifiable disease under Epidemic Diseases Act: Govt to states
Updated On: 20 May, 2021 03:07 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The health ministry stated that the infection is leading to prolonged morbidity and mortality amongst Covid-19 patients.
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The Union Health Ministry has urged states and union territories to make black fungus or mucormycosis a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, stating that the infection is leading to prolonged morbidity and mortality amongst Covid-19 patients.
The ministry, in a letter, said that in recent times a new challenge in the form of a fungal infection namely mucormycosis has emerged and is reported from many states amongst Covid-19 patients, especially those on steroid therapy and deranged sugar control.
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