Black Fungus: Centre allocates 700 Amphotericin vials for Telangana

The fresh allocation of the anti-fungal drug is in addition to the 890 vials that were released by the Centre on Friday.

Hyderabad: The Union Health Ministry has allocated an additional 700 Amphotericin vials on Tuesday for treatment of Covid-19 recovered patients suffering from Mucormycosis in Telangana.

The fresh allocation of the anti-fungal drug is in addition to the 890 vials that were released by the Centre on Friday.

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Overall, the Centre allocated 19,420 extra vials of Amphotericin on Tuesday, in addition to the 23,680 vials that were released earlier on May 21 to all States.

In the first phase of allocation, the Centre had allotted 1050 Amphotericin-B vials to Telangana.

Later, as more and more cases of Mucormycosis started to get reported, the Centre in the second phase allotted 890 vials and in the third phase on Tuesday allocated an additional 700 vials.

Given the case load of Mucormycosis cases, which could be at least 500 patients by rough estimates in Telangana, the allocation so far will not be able to meet the overall demand for the anti-fungal drug.

Also Read: Centre allocates additional 19,420 vials of Amphotericin-B to States, UTs

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