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Covid set to cause 400,000 surge in TB deaths as medics diverted – The Guardian
Millions of missed diagnoses will add to global pandemic toll, warns WHO study
Scientists have warned that several hundred thousand extra deaths from tuberculosis are likely to occur this year as a result of Covid-19s effect on global health services.
In many countries including South Africa, India and Indonesia doctors and health workers have been shifted from tracking TB cases to tracing people infected with Covid-19. Equipment and budgets have also been reassigned, an investigation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed.
As a result, millions of TB diagnoses…
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