CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -A few districts in Maharashtra reported the first instances of the disease, observed mostly in Covid patients. But now cases have been reported from Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar and other states.

Detailed explanation-2: -Five states of India, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Telangana, have declared black fungus as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.

Detailed explanation-3: -In India, the prevalence is 0.14 per 1000 people, which is almost 80 times greater than in wealthy countries [13]. Mucormycosis has a global mortality rate of 46% [14].

Detailed explanation-4: -Disease burden The incidence rate of mucormycosis globally varies from 0.005 to 1.7 per million population. In India, prevalence of mucormycosis is estimated as 140 per million population, which is about 80 times higher than the prevalence in developed countries.