the ear, nose, throat, skin and eyes. Its symptoms are severe headache, swelling eyes, reddish eyes, eye sight issues, sinus, pain on nose and mouth and blackish skin. If not treated on time, the disease could result in extreme conditions like blindness.
In a letter sent to States and Union Territories earlier in the day, the Union Health Ministry requested that Mucormycosis, or black fungus, should be declared as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. The letter detailed the disease and its treatment. It stated, “The treatment of this fungal infection requires a multidisciplinary approach consisting of Eye Surgeons, ENT specialists, General Surgeon, Neurosurgeon, Dental Maxillofacial surgeon etc. and institution of Amphotericin B as an antifungal medicine. You are requested to make mucormycosis a notifiable disease under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897”.
