At least two patients have been detected with the deadly black fungus at the Birdem General Hospital in Dhaka.
Hospital authorities said a 45-year-old patient was found to have black fungus on May 8, and on May 23, another patient of 60 years of age was found with the same infection.
Confirming the matter, Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR) Director Tahmina Shirin said the two patients were admitted to the Birdem General Hospital in the capital.
"They are the first patients in the country to be diagnosed with the disease," she said.
People with uncontrolled diabetes and a weakened immune system are at higher risk of developing the black fungal infection, she added.
Many of the Indian states have been declaring the black fungus an epidemic since it has increased in patients recovering from Covid-19.
More than 7,000 people in India have already been reported with the fungal disease and 219 have lost their lives.
Many of those being infected with the disease are coronavirus patients, or those who have recently recovered from Covid-19, whose immune systems have been weakened by the virus or who have underlying conditions, including diabetes.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), black fungus infection, clinically called 'Mucormycosis', is caused by a group of moulds that is not harmful to most people.
However, lungs and sinuses can be affected if spores of the moulds enter the body of those who have low immunity.
Experts also say that patients with Covid-19 and diabetes, who are taking steroids, have cancer or those who have had organ transplants, are at the highest risk of contracting black fungus.
