The confirmation comes on a day when the Chandigarh administration notified the fungal disease as an epidemic in the city, where 23 patients from other districts and states are under treatment Mucormycosis or black fungus has been detected in six Covid-19 patients from Mohali, health authorities said on Thursday. The confirmation comes on a day when the Chandigarh administration notified the fungal disease as an epidemic in the city, where 23 patients from other districts and states are under treatment at PGIMER (16) and GMCH-32 (7). Continue Reading...

Hospitals reporting three-four cases a week | Steroid misuse, self-medication to blame Covid survivors not following up with the doctor post recovery or continuing medicines after recovery on their own are the major factors leading to the black fungus infection (mucormycosis). In addition to this, cases have surfaced where people are indulging in self-medication (to avoid hospital visits) and buying steroids on their own for tackling Covid, which is later leading to the black fungus infection. Continue Reading...

Covid situation has been becoming critical as 12 deaths, 683 new cases were reported in the district today. At present, 410 patients have been admitted to Level-III Covid care facility. As per the information received from the Health Department, there is an availability of 500 beds in Level-III Covid care facility, and the Health Department is going to take up the issue in the meeting that will be held tomorrow. Continue Reading...

A little arrangement of contaminated individuals, under 10%, represented much as 60% of optional data. These were the people who gave the infection to might be 20, 30 or 40 others. Continue Reading...