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Antimicrobial resistance as dangerous as pandemic: WHO | – Macau Business
International, MNA | The World Health Organization warned Friday that growing antimicrobial resistance is every bit as dangerous as the coronavirus pandemic
The World Health Organization warned Friday that growing antimicrobial resistance is every bit as dangerous as the coronavirus pandemic — and threatens to reverse a century of medical progress.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the issue “one of the greatest health threats of our time”.
Resistance is when bugs become immune to existing drugs — antibiotic, antiviral or antifungal treatments — rendering minor injuries and common infections potentially deadly.
Resistance has grown in recent…
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