‘Black Fungus’ An Epidemic, Says Telangana Government

The Black Fungus (mucormycosis) disease, which is primarily affecting COVID-19 recovering patients, has been declared as an epidemic by the Telangana government. Accordingly, all the government and private hospitals have been advised to follow the guidelines issued by the Centre and ICMR for screening and treating the disease. The state had reported about 80 cases of Black Fungus as of May 18.