Black Fungus cases reported in 26 States; Over 20K patients under treatment

New Delhi: Along with Coronavirus infection, Black Fungus or Mucormycosis disease is also spreading in the country. This disease, which directly affects the brain, has now spread to 26 states of the country. According to the information, at present, about 20 thousand patients are getting treatment in the whole country. But the big problem is the lack of injections used in its treatment. There is such a shortage that even 10 per cent of the total demand is not available for injections.

Black Fungus cases in 26 States:

Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda informed on Monday that the Central Government has allocated an additional 30,100 vials or vials of Amphotericin-B to the states and union territories. Amphotericin-B is used in the treatment of mucormycosis.

This disease is also known as black fungus which badly affects the nose, eyes, sinuses and sometimes the brain.

"Additional 30,100 vials of Amphotericin-B were allotted today to all states/UTs and central institutions," Gowda wrote on Twitter. Under the new allocation, Maharashtra has provided maximum 5,900 vials and Gujarat 5,630 vials.

1600 cases in Andra Pradesh:

1,600 additional vials have been given to Andhra Pradesh, 1,920 to Madhya Pradesh, 1,200 to Telangana, 1,710 to Uttar Pradesh, 3,670 to Rajasthan, 1,930 to Karnataka and 1,200 to Haryana.

Last week, the central government allocated 29,250 additional vials of amphotericin-B drug to states and union territories. While the country currently has a production capacity of around 1 lakh amphotericin-B. Except Andaman and Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Nagaland, patients with black fungus are admitted in hospitals in all other states.

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