Tamil Nadu makes Black Fungus a notifiable disease under Public Heath Act

2021-05-20 6,072

Tamil Nadu government is making Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) a notifiable disease under the Public Heath Act, informed state health secretary on May 20. “We are making Black Fungus a notifiable disease under the Public Health Act. So now, we will know what all cases are there. Luckily, we have officially only 9 reported cases and all are stable. Now, we will also get the data from private hospitals,” said Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan.