Mucormycosis

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said the city government has extended its cashless surgery scheme of Delhi Arogya Kosh for the treatment of patients suffering from Black Fungus or Mucormycosis.

A total of 45,432 cases of Mucormycosis or Black Fungus have been reported by states and Union Territories till July 15 of which 21,085 affected people are receiving treatment and 4,252 have died, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

A total of 40,845 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis have been reported in the country so far, of which 31,344 are rhinocerebral in nature, and the death toll from the infections stands at 3,129, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday.

Police have arrested three peoplein Maharashtra for allegedly black-marketing a key drug used in the treatment of mucormycosis or ''black fungus'' infection, an official said on Sunday.

With a rise in mucormycosis or black fungus cases in Jharkhand, the state government has directed the health machinery to be on high alert and extend all possible care to the affected people, an official said on Saturday.

A patient suspected of having contracted mucormycosis, commonly known as Black Fungus infection, allegedly ran away from Siliguri's North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, where she was admitted in the ENT ward, hospital authorities said.

Three children infected with Black Fungus had to go through surgery to remove an eye each in Mumbai. Mucormycosis or Black Fungus cases in children are a worrying sign, say doctors.

The Union government today informed the Bombay High Court that anti-fungal drugs for treating Mucormycosis or Black Fungus had been allocated to states on a need-based system and there was no discrimination against any state, including Maharashtra.

The Jharkhand government on Tuesday declared Mucormycosis an epidemic amid the rising number of cases in the state.

Former Haryana minister and veteran BJP leader Kamla Verma, who was undergoing treatment for mucormycosis at a private hospital after recovering from COVID-19, died on Tuesday evening. She was 93.

In the past few days, over a 100 Black Fungus patients in Madhya Pradesh have suffered adverse reactions to a recently-introduced variant of a drug used to treat the disease.

The Bombay High Court directed the Union government to submit details of the quantity of anti-fungal drugs allocated to various states for treating Mucormycosis or Black Fungus, a rare infection found in recovering or recovered COVID-19 patients.

In the wake of a spike in cases of Mucormycosis, commonly known as Black Fungus, the Maharashtra government has capped the daily rates of its treatment in private hospitals and nursing homes.

The Maharashtra government on Friday capped the charges for treatment of mucormycosis patients at private hospitals in the state, where the official number of such cases has gone above 5,000.

Nepal has reported its first death from mucormycosis or "black fungus", the highly deadly infection affecting thousands of coronavirus patients in neighbouring India.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said the city government has extended its cashless surgery scheme of Delhi Arogya Kosh for the treatment of patients suffering from Black Fungus or Mucormycosis.

A total of 45,432 cases of Mucormycosis or Black Fungus have been reported by states and Union Territories till July 15 of which 21,085 affected people are receiving treatment and 4,252 have died, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

A total of 40,845 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis have been reported in the country so far, of which 31,344 are rhinocerebral in nature, and the death toll from the infections stands at 3,129, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday.

Police have arrested three peoplein Maharashtra for allegedly black-marketing a key drug used in the treatment of mucormycosis or ''black fungus'' infection, an official said on Sunday.

With a rise in mucormycosis or black fungus cases in Jharkhand, the state government has directed the health machinery to be on high alert and extend all possible care to the affected people, an official said on Saturday.

A patient suspected of having contracted mucormycosis, commonly known as Black Fungus infection, allegedly ran away from Siliguri's North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, where she was admitted in the ENT ward, hospital authorities said.

Three children infected with Black Fungus had to go through surgery to remove an eye each in Mumbai. Mucormycosis or Black Fungus cases in children are a worrying sign, say doctors.

The Union government today informed the Bombay High Court that anti-fungal drugs for treating Mucormycosis or Black Fungus had been allocated to states on a need-based system and there was no discrimination against any state, including Maharashtra.

The Jharkhand government on Tuesday declared Mucormycosis an epidemic amid the rising number of cases in the state.

Former Haryana minister and veteran BJP leader Kamla Verma, who was undergoing treatment for mucormycosis at a private hospital after recovering from COVID-19, died on Tuesday evening. She was 93.

In the past few days, over a 100 Black Fungus patients in Madhya Pradesh have suffered adverse reactions to a recently-introduced variant of a drug used to treat the disease.

The Bombay High Court directed the Union government to submit details of the quantity of anti-fungal drugs allocated to various states for treating Mucormycosis or Black Fungus, a rare infection found in recovering or recovered COVID-19 patients.

In the wake of a spike in cases of Mucormycosis, commonly known as Black Fungus, the Maharashtra government has capped the daily rates of its treatment in private hospitals and nursing homes.

The Maharashtra government on Friday capped the charges for treatment of mucormycosis patients at private hospitals in the state, where the official number of such cases has gone above 5,000.

Nepal has reported its first death from mucormycosis or "black fungus", the highly deadly infection affecting thousands of coronavirus patients in neighbouring India.