In honor of World Tuberculosis Day, which is today, here is a piece on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting TB services:
. “Most people with TB in the USA aren’t in the position to stockpile food or miss work. We don’t have paid sick days, and many have no healthcare coverage,” she added. TB primarily affects foreign-born persons in the US., a TB advocate in India, survived XDR-TB, but lost a lung in the battle. Her doctor and her family are terrified of her going out. She was in isolation during her long battle with TB, and finds herself isolated again, because of COVID-19.
So, high TB burden countries must do everything they can do protect TB patients and survivors from COVID-19 exposure. If TB patients and survivors develop COVID-19 symptoms, they must be tested immediately and hospitalized, if indicated. Such diversion of resources or workforce could result in poor quality of TB care , treatment interruptions and inadequate follow-up. DR-TB care is likely to suffer the most. Interventions such as TB contact investigation and preventive therapy are likely to be completely de-prioritized.
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