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The country has recorded 11,717 cases of “Black Fungus” or Mucormycosis so far with Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana logging the highest number of rare fungal infection, according to the latest government data.

While Maharashtra has reported 2,770 cases, Gujarat has logged 2,859 cases, Andhra Pradesh has registered 768 cases, Madhya Pradesh has 752 cases, and Telangana has 744 cases so far

People venturing on the roads intensified enforcement of lockdown measures after top brass warned people over social media to avoid unwarranted movement on the streets after 10 a.m.

Seizure of more vehicles, booking cases and imposing penalties was seen as a change in the strategy of the Khakis. Mismanaged lockdown is unleashing a humanitarian disaster. What kind of none-sense policing? Even vehicle which carries online deliveries

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Telangana has declared black fungus or mucormycosis as an epidemic after the state witnessed a rise in such cases. The decision comes at a time when cases of fungal infection are rising among recovered Covid-19 patients in many states. The black fungus or Mucormycosis is a side-effect of the Covid virus, being reported in a number of patients. Two hospitals in the state of Telangana reported around 60 cases in a single day. Doctors are raising alarms to maintain proper hygiene in hospitals, as the fungus arises on wet surfaces. ENT surgeons are the first point of contact for the patient as there is pain and bleeding from the nose. Sinusitis is the first indication in Covid-19 recovered patients that there is an invasive fungal infection stemming in their body. The beds in Government ENT Hospital at Kothi are fast getting filled by Mucormycosis patients. 160 out of the 200 beds in the hospital were occupied by patients suffering from the fungal infection also known as Black Fungus.    Dr T Shankar  government hospital’s superintendent  said If the 200 beds are filled up they will make use of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) building on their premises and set up 40 more beds.

Dr Shankar said that 10 out of the 160 patients got admitted after undergoing surgeries at private hospitals. Availability of Liposomal Amphotericin B at the government hospital is one of the reasons why patients got discharged from private hospitals, and opted admission at the ENT Hospital.

As India reels under the second wave of Covid-19, there have been reports of reinfection. Some people who have been vaccinated against Covid were diagnosed with the disease again.

Can you get Covid-19 even after vaccination?

The Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India took to Twitter to clear the air about this question. According to the government, yes, people can get infected with Covid-19 even after they are vaccinated. However, a very small percentage of people are contracting coronavirus after getting vaccinated. Even after they test positive, they experience mild symptoms, the government said.

Huge roadshows were conducted earlier this week across several districts in Telangana despite state witnessing 1400% jump in Covid cases in the past 

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A nasal spray vaccine can be a gamechanger in the fight against Covid-19. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has started the clinical trial of the intranasal vaccine.

Scientists say that the vaccine stimulates an immune response in just 14 days. It will minimise the virus load in the local area from where the virus enters the body. Several studies have suggested that the virus first becomes firmly established in the nasal cavity and then it is spread to the other parts body, affecting the lungs most.

The current vaccines are being administered using a syringe and a country like India would require at least 260 crore syringes to inoculate the entire population. Bharat Biotech had in September last year signed an agreement with the Washington University School of Medicine to work on an intranasal vaccine. The pre-clinical trial of the vaccine candidate, BBV154 has already started. If all goes as expected, the clinical trial would be completed by June and it could become available in the market by August.

HYDERABAD: Days after the government announced that Greater Hyderabad

 was the epicentre of the second coronavirus wave in the state, the caseload in the city touched 1,005 in the last 24 hours.

This is the second time that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

 (GHMC) recorded more

 than 1000 daily cases eve since the pandemic broke in March 2020. During the first wave, GHMC

 had highest number of 1,658 cases on July 4.

HYDERABAD: Telangana has recorded its highest count of Covid-19 cases in a single day on Sunday with 3,187 new cases being reported in the state, breaking the previous record during the first wave. Worse, officials indicate at a further surge in the coming days.https://28a36405852712a6c95b63002893aeea.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html?n=0https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/iframe_carona_counter_widget.cms#amp=1

During the peak of the pandemic, the single day highest number of cases was recorded on August 26 when 3,018 cases were recorded (was the highest count till now). On August 28th last year, 2,932 cases were recorded which is now the third highest count of new cases recorded in a single day.

Of the 3,187 cases recorded on Sunday, 11 April 2021, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Medchal Malajgiri, Ranga Reddy and Sanga Reddy together accounted for 1,259 cases.

“Majority of the cases are being seen in and around Hyderabad (GHMC limits). Also cases are increasing in Adilabad, Nizamabad, Nirmal and few other districts. Due to high infectivity, cases are increasing rapidly,” said Dr G Srinivasa Rao, director public health, Telangana state.

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The most popular choice for a weekend trip that every local vouch for lies in the mesmerizing hills of Ananthagiri. Featuring a unique charm, the roads of the hill station swiftly cut through stretches of lush green forests and run along several small streams to make for a scenic road trip. Visitors have deemed it as one of the most beautiful places for a getaway from Hyderabad for it has oodles to offer – whiffing the fresh air of the forest when camping under the starry sky, while the adrenaline junkies can go on short treks and hikes over these beautiful hills. You can even come across a few archaic monuments like the historic Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple.

Known as the Queen of the Beaches in Goa, Calangute Beach ranks among the top ten bathing beaches in the world. It is located around 11 kilometres from Panaji in Calangute town of North Goa. The beach offers adventure and water sport activities like water skiing, parasailing and several others. While, Calangute Beach attracts thousands of foreign and domestic tourists, it is best avoided during monsoon season when the sea gets rough.

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India has been criticised for its poor record of testing people in the battle against coronavirus. That, however, is set to change, thanks in large part to the efforts of one virologist, who delivered on a working test kit, just hours before delivering her baby .

On Thursday, the first made-in-India coronavirus testing kits reached the market, raising hopes of an increase in screening of patients with flu symptoms to confirm or rule out the Covid-19 infection.

Mylab Discovery, in the western city of Pune, became the first Indian firm to get full approval to make and sell testing kits. It shipped the first batch of 150 to diagnostic labs in Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Goa and Bengaluru (Bangalore) this week.

“Our manufacturing unit… is working through the weekend and the next batch will be sent out on Monday,” Dr Gautam Wankhede, Mylab’s director for medical affairs, told the BBC on Friday.

The molecular diagnostic company, which also makes testing kits for HIV and Hepatitis B and C, and other diseases, says it can supply up to 100,000 Covid-19 testing kits a week and can produce up to 200,000 if needed.

Each Mylab kit can test 100 samples and costs 1,200 rupees ($16; £13) – that’s about a quarter of the 4,500 rupees that India pays to import Covid-19 testing kits from abroad.

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Virologist delivered kit, then her baby
“Our kit gives the diagnosis in two and a half hours while the imported testing kits take six-seven hours,” says virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale, Mylab’s research and development chief.

Ms Bhosale, who headed the team that designed the coronavirus testing kit called Patho Detect, said it was done “in record time” – six weeks instead of three or four months.

And the scientist was battling with her own deadline too. Last week she gave birth to a baby girl – and only began work on the programme in February, just days after leaving hospital with a pregnancy complication.

“It was an emergency, so I took this on as a challenge. I have to serve my nation,” she says, adding that her team of 10 worked “very hard” to make the project a success.

In the end, she submitted the kit for evaluation by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) on 18 March, just a day before delivering her daughter.

Image copyrightMINAL DAKHAVE BHOSALEMinal Dakhave Bhosale
Image captionMinal Dakhave Bhosale says Mylab’s testing kit was developed ‘in record time’
That same evening, just an hour before she was taken to hospital ahead of her Caesarean, she submitted the proposal to the Indian FDA and the drugs control authority CDSCO for commercial approval.

“We were running against time,” says Dr Wankhede. “Our reputation was at stake, we had to get everything right on the first go, and Minal was leading our efforts from the front.”

Before submitting the kits for evaluation, the team had to check and re-check all the parameters to ensure its results that were precise, and accurate.

“If you carry out 10 tests on the same sample, all 10 results should be same,” said Ms Bhosale. “And we achieved that. Our kit was perfect.”

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The government-run Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), under which NIV operates, agreed. It said Mylab was the only Indian company to achieve 100% results.

‘Gaping holes in Indian health system’
India has been criticised for not testing enough. It has one of the lowest rates in the world, with just 6.8 tests per million.

Initially, India insisted on testing only those who had travelled to high-risk countries or had come in contact with an infected person or health workers treating coronavirus patients. It later said that anyone admitted to hospital with severe respiratory distress should also be tested.

But with the circle of infection widening daily, the numbers are expected to grow hugely.

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Image captionIndia has tightly controlled the number of people who could be tested for the coronavirus
In the past few days, India has scaled up testing. Initially, only the state labs were allowed to test for coronavirus, but permission has now been extended to several private labs too.

And on Thursday, India also gave approvals to 15 private companies to commercially sell diagnostic kits based on licences they have obtained in the US, European Union and some other countries.

Dr Wankhede says with the number of suppliers and labs increasing every day, the testing will go up exponentially.

Increased testing would be a huge help, but experts say India has gaping holes in its health infrastructure that need to be plugged urgently to deal with the growing threat of coronavirus.

“South Korea – that’s so tiny – has 650 labs testing for the coronavirus, how many do we have?” asks Sujatha Rao, former federal health secretary.

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