High Court Seeks Gujarat Government's Plan To Tackle Black Fungus

The Gujarat High Court directed the state government to place on record a road-map on how it intends to proceed if the number of cases of black fungus rise.

The Gujarat High Court on Monday said it was concerned about cases of mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, emerging in the state and asked the government to prepare for the new challenge. It directed the state government to place on record a road-map on how it intends to proceed if the number of cases of the fungal infection rise. Of late, the black fungus, a rare but serious infection, has been found in several COVID-19 patients in Gujarat and some other states. A division bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Bhargav D Karia asked Advocate General Kamal Trivedi to take instructions on how the Gujarat government plans to supply the injections needed for its treatment to private hospitals, if demanded by them.