New Delhi: Amid rising concern over the rise within the variety of instances of mucormycosis or black fungus, prime medical doctors aiding the Central Government within the combat towards Covid-19 on Saturday mentioned the misuse of steroids is a significant trigger behind this an infection.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr Randeep Guleria, who briefed on this regard, mentioned the “chances of fungal infection increase in the patients who are diabetic, Covid positive and are taking steroids”.
“To prevent it, we should stop the misuse of steroids,” he added.
Talking concerning the ill-effects of black fungus, Dr Guleria mentioned” “This disease can affect the face, infecting nose, orbit of eye or brain, which can cause even vision loss. It can also spread to the lung.”
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The AIIMS Director additionally warned of a surge in fungal an infection within the Covid-19 sufferers.
“As Covid-19 cases are increasing, it is of paramount importance that we follow protocols of infection control practices at the hospitals. It is been seen that secondary infections — fungal and bacterial — are causing more mortality,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, Union Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Aggarwal knowledgeable the general positivity charge in India has now declined and mentioned the “containment efforts are working”.
“Overall positivity rate in India, which stood at 21.9% last week has now fallen to 19.8%. Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh have reported a major drop in case positivity,” he added.
Aggarwal additional mentioned 11 states have over one lakh lively instances, eight states have 50,000 to 1 lakh lively instances and 17 states have lower than 50,000 instances.
“Maharashtra, UP, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh where high number of cases are being reported are also reporting a decline in active cases,” he added.
The Joint Secretary, nevertheless, expressed concern with regard to Tamil Nadu the place a “rise in number of active cases has been reported in the last one week”.
Niti Aayog Member (Health) Dr VK Paul, who was additionally current through the media briefing on Covid-19 replace, threw mild on the nation’s vaccination protection to this point.
“Single-dose vaccination coverage among healthcare workers is 89% at the national level. It is 95% in Rajasthan, 96% in Madhya Pradesh and 99% in Chhattisgarh. In Delhi, it stands at 78%, which is 11% below the national average. It should be taken to above 95%,” mentioned Dr Paul.
“Overall single-dose vaccination coverage among frontline workers stands at 82% in the country. It is 93% in Gujarat, 91% in Rajasthan, & 90% in Madhya Pradesh — well above the national average. In Delhi, it stands at 80%,” he added.
Dr Paul additional mentioned round 1.5 crore doses of Covaxin are being produced per thirty days.
“The plan is to ramp up the production to 10 crore doses per month,” he added.
India’s whole lively caseload has decreased to 36,73,802 on Saturday. It now includes 15.07% of the nation’s whole optimistic instances. A web decline of 31,091 instances is recorded within the lively caseload within the final 24 hours, mentioned the Union Health Ministry, including 11 states cumulatively account for 77.26% of the nation’s whole lively instances.
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