Black fungus: Bengal govt trying to come up with guidelines to tackle the spread

Kolkata, May 20: The West Bengal government is trying to formulate a set of guidelines to tackle mucormycosis, commonly called 'black fungus', which, up until Thursday, has infected six persons, a senior official of the state health department said.

He also stressed that not all such cases of fungal infection are associated with COVID-19. As of now, the administration has enough Amphotericin B - an anti-fungal medication - in its stock.

"We are trying to develop guidelines in consultation with the experts, based on the data collected from all districts," the official said.