Mucormycosis: Can BLACK FUNGUS contaminate individuals who don't have COVID-19? This is what specialists say

Mucormycosis: Can BLACK FUNGUS contaminate individuals who don't have COVID-19? This is what specialists say

As it fights an enraged second Covid wave, India is confronting another test as mucormycosis, frequently alluded to as dark organism, with states announcing a flood in the sickness that represents a danger to the mind, lungs and sinuses.

Many a state is revealing an everyday high in instances of mucormycosis, which can be deadly, among patients recuperating from Covid.

In Haryana, the check has ascended to 421. The disease is on an ascent among COVID-19 patients in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand also. 

The Delhi government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) and Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) medical clinics revealed a day and a half instances of dark organism in a day, senior authorities said on May 23.

India used to record around 100 instances of dark organism a year sooner however now Karnataka alone has recorded around 700 cases a week ago, Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan, who is additionally the top of the state's COVID team, said on the day.