Haryana man without COVID-19 infection, sugar history gets black fungus

The total number of black fungus cases in Haryana rose to 421 on Sunday (May 23), with the maximum 149 cases reported from Gurgaon district. The Haryana government has made a requisition of 12,000 injections of Amphotericin-B, used in treating black fungus, from the central government.

New Delhi: A shocking case of black fungus infection has been detected in Fatehabad district of Haryana. According to reports, the person neither had any history of sugar or diabetes nor he ever tested for COVID-19 coronavirus. The latest case of mucormycosis has left doctors in a state of shocked. Notably, this is the first such case of mucormycosis found in Haryana. This has been confirmed by Fatehabad's ENT surgeon Jayaprakash. Meanwhile, the total number of black fungus cases in Haryana rose to 421 on Sunday (May 23), with the maximum 149 cases reported from Gurgaon district, state Health Minister Anil Vij said. He said the state government has made a requisition of 12,000 injections of Amphotericin-B, used in treating black fungus, from the central government.