45 More Corona Deaths, 2237 New Cases

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J&K Govt Declares Black Fungus As Epidemic Disease

Jammu, May 24 :
Jammu and Kashmir reported on Monday 45 more deaths due to coronavirus while 2237 fresh cases of virus were also detected across the Union territory during the last 24 hour, officials said.
Among the fresh cases, the officials said that 854 were confirmed from Jammu Division and 1383 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 272858.
Regarding the deaths, they said, 29 were reported from Jammu Division and 16 from Kashmir Valley, taking fatality count past 3600-mark- 3609 to be exact- 1732 in Jammu and 1877 in Kashmir.
Providing district wise details, the officials said that Srinagar reported 309 cases, Baramulla 103, Budgam 221, Pulwama 77, Kupwara 204, Anantnag 106, Bandipora 77, Ganderbal 91, Kulgam 169, Shopian 26, Jammu 441, Udhampur 55, Rajouri 66, Doda 43, Kathua 49, Samba 31, Kishtwar 47, Poonch 27, Ramban 47and Reasi 48.
Moreover, they said, 3999 more COVID-19 patients have recovered-1490 from Jammu Division and 2509 from the Valley. there are 45630 active positive cases-18738 in Jammu and 26892 in Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday declared Mucormycosis or Black Fungus an epidemic under Section 2 of the Epidemic Disease Act 1897.
A notification comes a days after the government of India asked all States and UTs to declare Black Fungus as an epidemic under the EDA within the pandemic.
The J&K has already reported one Black Fungus death at JMC Jammu with a 40-year-old man from Poonch being the victim while a strong suspected case in admitted to Government Dental College here as per the officials.
According to the notification, all the Government and private health facilities, Medical Colleges are required to follow the guidelines for screening, diagnosis, management of Mucormycosis, issued by the MoHFW (Gol)/ICMR/Government of Jammu and Kashmir as amended from time to time and make it mandatory for all these facilities to report suspected and confirmed cases to Health Department through District Level Chief Officers and Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP).
“No person/ institution or organization will spread any Information or material for management of Mucormycosis without prior permission from Director Health Services, Jammu/Kashmir,” the notification reads.
Also, all persons person, institutions and the organisations have been barred from using print, electronic or any other media for Mucormycosis without prior permission from
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Director Health Service Jammu/ Kashmir.
In case of disobedience, the Direction Health Services, Jammu/ Kashmir has been authorized to constitute a District Committee headed by Chief Medical Officer or the concerned District which will have specialist of internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, GNT and Epidemiologist as members to review any disobeying by the person/ institution or organization.

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