May 22 ‘2021
Addressing the media, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Aggarwal said, so far more than two crore and 30 lakh people have recovered from the infection. The Health Ministry has informed that in the past 24 hours, over three lakh 57 thousand COVID patients successfully recovered from the disease and over two lakh 57 thousand fresh cases were recorded nationwide.
Mr Aggarwal also informed that action has been taken to ramp up supply and availability of anti-fungal drug Amphotericin-B and five additional manufacturers have been given license to manufacture this drug within the country.
Mr. Aggarwal said, states have also been advised towards the need for infection prevention and control to manage fungal infection in health facilities.