NEW DELHI: Amid rising cases of black fungus with Maharashtra reporting the most, the Centre said that it on Monday allocated an additional over one lakh vials of Amphotericin-B allocated to states/UTs and Central institutions.
Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, in a tweet, said that to ensure significant availability of Liposomal Amphotricin-B, additional 106,300 vials of the drug were allocated across all the states/UTs and Central Institutions.
A total of 53,000 vials of conventional Amphotericin-B have also been allocated to all the states/UTs and Central Institutions, to ensure its smooth supply and timely treatment of patients, he said.
A total of 28,252 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis had been reported in India till June 7 so far from 28 states in which 86 per cent (24,370) have a history of Covid-19 infections and 62.3 per cent (17,601) of diabetes, as per the government.
Maharashtra has reported the maximum number of mucormycosis cases, at 7,395, followed by Gujarat at 5,486. (IANS)