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TB and COVID-19 modelling study updates

The Stop TB Partnership recently released a modeling study showing a devastating effect of COVID-19 pandemic on TB response. Length of quarantine, movement restrictions and disruption of TB services could spell disaster for hundreds of thousands at risk. The world could see 6.3 million more TB cases and 1.4 million more TB deaths by 2025.

The report is now available in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. For more updates related to the study, click here.

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By Stop TB Partnership

Published: May 8, 2020, 1:41 a.m.

Last updated: May 18, 2020, 12:43 a.m.

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