TUTICORIN: Health secretary Radhakrishnan has stated that 181 cases of mucormycosis or black fungus have been reported from the nation until Monday and efforts were to uproot the disorder. “Most of them are at CMC, Vellore,” he told reporters on Tuesday. He explained medical school hospitals throughout the nation have been requested to maintain another defender with 15 to 30 beds to take care of those affected from the fungal disease. They’ll be handled by specialists from the ophthalmology and ENT departments. The problem in Tamil Nadu isn’t quite as grave as in Rajasthan or Gujarat, ” he said that the country has forced the Centre for medication to deal with the disease. Before, wellness minister Ma Subramanian reported a expert medical group comprising ten members was formed to recognize the reason for Covid-19 patients becoming infected with mucormycosis. “Black Infection continues to be infecting people that are diabetic for quite a very long moment. Together with the approval of the ministry we’ve identified 10 medical specialists and also had a preliminary conversation together,” the ministry said. Adding that there are many theories doing the rounds about the disease. Subramanian scrutinized Covid-19 preparedness and chairing an overview meetings in Tuticorin and Kanyakumari. The minister said there’s great collaboration from the Centre in tackling the pandemic from the country. “The CM was pressing requirements together with the PM and also the (Union) ministers for health and businesses and the country’s requirements are satisfied. Former Union minister T Baalu was residing in Delhi for over a week and can be fulfilling ministers and officials in the departments concerned to find remdesivir and oxygen,” he further added. Madurai MP Su Venkatesan wrote to Union health ministry Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday asking him to import Liposomal Amphotericin B medication for curing black fungus. Although the amounts are a lot lower than Covid-19, mucormycosis induces substantial increase in metabolic rate. He said experts have advised him that the particular medication of choice will be Liposomal Amphotericin B, that will be in acute short supply.