Mucormycosis In India: Jammu and Kashmir Officially Declares Black Fungus As An Epidemic

The move comes days after the Government of India directed the states and Union territories to make black fungus a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act. Jammu and Kashmir reported its first death due to black fungus on Friday after a 40-year-old Covid-19 recovered patient died of Mucormycosis at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Jammu.

Fungal infection mucormycosis | Representational Image (Photo Credits: Pixabay)

Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory on Monday declared Black Fungus as an epidemic under the Epidemic Diseases Act- 1897.

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