Chennai: While stating that Tamilnadu has reported 3,300 black fungus cases and 122 related deaths so far, Health Minister M Subramanian has appealed to the people to seek medical advice on time for early treatment.
Speaking to the media, he said, the drugs required to treat the patients in private hospitals would be provided directly to them, like in the case of supply of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir.
He added: “We have established special wards with a total bed strength of 7,000 including 500 each in Chennai and Madurai. I appeal to the people to seek medical advice in the initial stage and get treated early.”
He also said that Tamilnadu has adequate stock of Amphotericin-B and Posaconazole tablets, the drugs used to treat black fungus infection – a notified fungal disease which is affecting the people across the country.