Coronavirus lockdowns could lead to 6.3M tuberculosis cases and 1.4M deaths worldwide: Study

By Emma Colton

Published August 4, 2020 1:54pm ET

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Lockdown measures due to the coronavirus could set health officials around the world back in their fight against tuberculosis.

“A three-month lockdown across different parts of the world and a gradual return to normal over 10 months could result in an additional 6.3 million cases of tuberculosis and 1.4 million deaths from it,” the New York Times reported Monday about one modeling analysis from the Stop TB Partnership. That is the estimate for 2020 to 2025.

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