Black fungus, a potentially fatal condition that is increasingly seen in recovering Covid patients, with 31,216 cases and 2,109 deaths in the country has grown over 150% over the last three weeks, putting additional stress on an already embattled health care system fighting off the deadly second surge of Covid wave.
The increase in numbers is driven, in part by severe shortage of the key drug- Amphotericin-B to treat affected patients.
Earlier this week, the Bombay high court directed the centre to submit details of the quantity of antifungal drugs allocated to various states for treating Black fungus. On its part, the centre last month asked all states to declare black fungus an epidemic.
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