Covid-19 disrupts tuberculosis detection but new pandemic tools may aid China in TB fight | South China Morning Post

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the surveillance of tuberculosis and reversed years of global progress in tackling the disease, but the response to coronavirus outbreaks may have brought China a silver lining in the battle against the disease. China has several new opportunities to improve interventions to meet sustainable development goals and end tuberculosis epidemics, according to experts. The number of TB case notifications rose in 2019 but dropped around the world in 2020 - including an 8 per cent drop recorded in China - suggesting a disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic , according to the World Health Organization….