Notifiable Disease

In a significant move to address the growing concern over such cases, the Tamil Nadu government has declared snakebite a notifiable disease under the Public Health Act.

The Chinese province that was the initial epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak made significant purchases of equipment used to test for infectious diseases months before Beijing notified international authorities of the emergence of a new coronavirus.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged the Delhi government today to declare malaria and dengue as notifiable diseases to help pave the way for a successful eradication of the two vector-borne diseases from the national capital.

The Uttar Pradesh government will declare black fungus a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act.

Black Fungus has been declared as notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act in Odisha.

Coronavirus: Mucormycosis or Black Fungus will be notified by states under the Epidemic Diseases Act. That could help the government know how many patients are infected at a time when there is a huge demand for anti-fungal drugs.

The Tamil Nadu government is making Black Fungus a notifiable disease under the Public Health Act, informed Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishna on Thursday.

The Telangana government has declared Black Fungus (mucormycosis) a disease that is primarily affecting COVID-19 recovered patients as notifiable disease under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, an official notification said today.

The government has asked all states to declare mucormycosis or "black fungus" an epidemic. A letter from the Health Ministry asks states to list under the "Epidemic Diseases Act" the rare but potentially fatal infection.

Haryana has made it compulsory by law for doctors to inform government authorities about any new case of black fungus or mucormycosis.

India notified the highest number of 24.04 lakh tuberculosis cases last year as against an estimated 26.9 lakh cases by WHO, indicating that around three lakh patients missed out from the national TB programme, according to an annual report on the disease released on Wednesday.

Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt hailed take-up since the app was released Sunday evening as "extraordinary", saying 1.9 million people had downloaded the program in less than 24 hours.

Rajasthan has seen a 45 per cent increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the last one year after the Centre made it a notifiable disease, according to government data.

Delhi has been notified as a "controlled area" in the wake of spread of glanders, an infectious disease that primarily affects horses, to new areas of the national capital, and an advisory has been issued to owners of equines.

Though the numbers have dipped this year, India continues to notify maximum number of TB deaths in the world.

In a significant move to address the growing concern over such cases, the Tamil Nadu government has declared snakebite a notifiable disease under the Public Health Act.

The Chinese province that was the initial epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak made significant purchases of equipment used to test for infectious diseases months before Beijing notified international authorities of the emergence of a new coronavirus.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged the Delhi government today to declare malaria and dengue as notifiable diseases to help pave the way for a successful eradication of the two vector-borne diseases from the national capital.

The Uttar Pradesh government will declare black fungus a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act.

Black Fungus has been declared as notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act in Odisha.

Coronavirus: Mucormycosis or Black Fungus will be notified by states under the Epidemic Diseases Act. That could help the government know how many patients are infected at a time when there is a huge demand for anti-fungal drugs.

The Tamil Nadu government is making Black Fungus a notifiable disease under the Public Health Act, informed Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishna on Thursday.

The Telangana government has declared Black Fungus (mucormycosis) a disease that is primarily affecting COVID-19 recovered patients as notifiable disease under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, an official notification said today.

The government has asked all states to declare mucormycosis or "black fungus" an epidemic. A letter from the Health Ministry asks states to list under the "Epidemic Diseases Act" the rare but potentially fatal infection.

Haryana has made it compulsory by law for doctors to inform government authorities about any new case of black fungus or mucormycosis.

India notified the highest number of 24.04 lakh tuberculosis cases last year as against an estimated 26.9 lakh cases by WHO, indicating that around three lakh patients missed out from the national TB programme, according to an annual report on the disease released on Wednesday.

Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt hailed take-up since the app was released Sunday evening as "extraordinary", saying 1.9 million people had downloaded the program in less than 24 hours.

Rajasthan has seen a 45 per cent increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the last one year after the Centre made it a notifiable disease, according to government data.

Delhi has been notified as a "controlled area" in the wake of spread of glanders, an infectious disease that primarily affects horses, to new areas of the national capital, and an advisory has been issued to owners of equines.

Though the numbers have dipped this year, India continues to notify maximum number of TB deaths in the world.