Gujrat declares black Fungus as epidemic
Gandhinagar May 20 After the Union Health Ministry urged the states and Union Territories (UTs) to make mucormycosis or ‘black fungus’ a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, the Gujarat government on Thursday declared the fungal infection as an epidemic.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today has stated that Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) declared an epidemic in Gujarat.
“Govt and private hospitals/medical colleges treating the disease will have to follow guidelines by Union Health Ministry as well as ICMR for screening, diagnosis & treatment,” according to a statement by Gujarat CMO.
Ministers’ Roster Issued for May at Civil Secretariat, Jammu
Jammu, May 4: The General Administration Department (GAD) of Jammu and Kashmir has issued …



