‘Cream Fungus’ in MP: After Black & White Fungus, Jabalpur reports a new fungal infection
Due to elimination of excessive symbiotic bacteria due to COVID-19 antibiotics, several fungal infections are witnessed in patients infected with coronavirus.
Madhya Pradesh Fungal infection cases
The state has 752 cases of Black Fungus and last week Madhya Pradesh had declared mucormycosis as an epidemic. Last week, a 55-year-old man from Jabalpur had diagnosed with White Fungus after getting cured from COVID-19. The state is facing additional crisis of fungal infections while the coronavirus situation has improved at a stage where state officials are ready to start the unlock process of infection-induced restrictions. However, the fungal infection outbreak is a huge concern for state authorities. Coincidentally, both white and cream fungal infection’s first case was reported in Jabalpur.
Madhya Pradesh COVID-19 condition
The state is reporting less than 2000 COVID-19 cases for past two days depicting an improvement in fresh cases. On Friday, the state recorded 1,854 new positive cases taking the total tally to 7,75,709 COVID-19 infections. The positivity rate also dipped further to 2.5%. Currently, there are 34,322 active coronavirus cases in the state. A total of 5,796 patients recovered from the disease. At the same time, 63 people succumbed to the infection in last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the union government has ramped up production of Amphotericin B Emulsion injections which are used to treat black fungus infection. The price of the injection is also brought down to Rs 1200 from Rs. 7000. The Government has also directed more companies to produce the injections as till now only one pharmaceutical was manufacturing the drug.
— Agencies
