CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Responding to the Centre, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Gujarat and the UT of Chandigarh declared the disease an epidemic the same day.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mucormycosis, otherwise known as ‘black fungus’, was affecting thousands of patients in India who had also been afflicted with Covid-19.

Detailed explanation-3: -Black Discolouration – A blackish discolouration that appears over the bridge of the nose or inside the mouth palate is an example of black fungal disease symptoms and must be immediately addressed to avoid worsening of a potential mucormycosis black fungal infection after COVID.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mucormycosis is a serious but rare fungal infection, caused by the ‘Mucormycetes’ group of fungi. It has been incorrectly called ‘Black Fungus’ recently, but the fungi causing Mucormycosis are of a variety of colors. Who is at risk? In most people, the fungi do not cause harm.