Owing to the acute shortage on Amphotericin-B injection needed for treatment of black fungus, Delhi high court on Tuesday said 'it's high-time' that ICMR should issue guidelines for treatment of black fungus. The Delhi HC said, drug is in shortage in the entire country including Delhi for the last two weeks now. Centre should form policy on distribution of Liposomal Amphotericin B to treat black fungus, spell out priority of patients, the HC also said. With the rise in the number of black fungus cases among patient who have recovered from coronavirus, several Indian states have witnessed acute shortage of Amphotericin-B injection. As per the data released on 26 May, Maharashtra reported 2,770 cases, Gujarat logged 2,859 cases, Andhra Pradesh registered 768 cases, Madhya Pradesh had 752 cases, and Telangana had 744 cases.

Source: Mint June 01, 2021 12:56 UTC