HYC urges Govt to take precautionary measures to fight black fungus disease

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 21, 2021

The Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) on Friday urged the state government to take precautionary measures to fight the Black Fungus disease in the state.

“(We) urged upon the state government to take precautionary measures by issuing necessary advisories and SOPs to fight the Black Fungus disease in our state also, in addition to the fight that we are in with the second wave of Covid 19 affecting our state,” HYC general secretary Roykupar Synrem said in a statement issued here.

“Patients are on the rise, we cannot ignore the fact that Black Fungus infection is a reality and may also hit us if we are not prepared to fight it. Therefore it is better to be safe than sorry and prepare for the worse than being helpless and wait for the disease to hit the population of the State especially the Covid 19 patients,” he said.

The HYC also urged the state government and the health department to ramp up the health infrastructures and manpower and keep buffer stocks of necessary medicine supplies to fight the disease if and when it starts infecting the people of the State.

Synrem said the Central Government has already issued an Order to the States to declare it as a Notified disease.

With the sharp rise of the disease in the last couple of weeks, some states like Telangana, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Haryana have already taken a decision to declare Black Fungus as a Notified disease, he added.